Israel’s war on Gaza updates: War cabinet mulls truce proposed in Paris
The cabinet will convene to vote on the proposal reached during Paris negotiations before sending it to wider cabinet.
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- Israeli war cabinet considering proposal for truce in Gaza and Israeli captive release after Paris talks appear to have yielded “something tangible”, reports our correspondent in Tel Aviv.
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- Israeli war cabinet considering proposal for truce in Gaza and Israeli captive release after Paris talks appear to have yielded “something tangible”, reports our correspondent in Tel Aviv.
- A number of casualties reported after Israeli jets target area in Rafah, southern Gaza, and two have been killed after attack on refugee camp in Gaza City.
- At least 24 people were killed in Gaza’s Deir el-Balah region when Israeli forces shelled a residence where displaced people were sheltering.
- UNRWA representatives say it can no longer provide services in north Gaza, citing few staff and a “collapse of social order” amid Israeli attacks on civilians and restrictions on food aid access that has left the population starved.
- At least 29,606 Palestinians killed and 69,737 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 attacks stands at 1,139.
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Here’s what happened today
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- An Israeli attack at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City has resulted in several deaths and injuries.
- The Palestinian legal rights organisation Al-Haq has denounced the killing of Palestinian human rights lawyer Dana Yaghy along with 40 members of her family, including 10 children in Deir el-Balah, Gaza.
- Netanyahu has convened the Israeli war cabinet to “discuss the next steps” in negotiations for the “release of our hostages” and the “elimination” of Hamas in Rafah.
- Hamas has warned Israel about its plans to restrict access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called Israeli plans to build 3,000 new units in the occupied West Bank “inflammatory and dangerous”.
WATCH: Israeli demonstrators call for an early election
Al Jazeera’s Hamadah Salhut has the latest on the mass demonstrations taking place on the streets of Tel Aviv:
Video shows aftermath of Israeli air attack on Beit Lahiya
Earlier, the Israeli army attacked Beit Lahiya in the far north of the Gaza Strip.
A video posted to Instagram by Palestinian journalist Abdul Qader Sabah shows the immediate aftermath of that attack. It is unclear at this time whether there were any deaths or injuries as a result.
This video has been verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit.
Israeli war cabinet to send delegation to Qatar: Report
Israeli media outlet Ynet is reporting that, at the end of a telephone consultation, a team of Israeli negotiators will be sent to Doha in the coming days to continue talks over a deal to reach a truce in the Gaza war and secure the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza.
We now have more for you from Yemeni military spokesperson Yahya Saree.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces, along with all the great Yemeni people, persist in upholding their religious, moral and humanitarian duties towards the Palestinian people,” he said.
“Their military operations will not stop unless the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”
Kites fill Rafah’s skies, a symbol of hope amid Israel’s war on Gaza
The colourful kites fluttering in the skies of Rafah belie the reality they soar over: ragged tents packed tightly together and lines of people trying to find food, water and firewood.
Running in and out of it all are children, brief smiles illuminating their exhausted faces as they look up at their flying miracles.
That such a simple toy can bring them moments of joy is in and of itself a miracle – and proof of the undefeatable spirit of children who manage this in the midst of rubble, death, displacement, hunger and freezing cold as Israel’s brutal war on Gaza nears five months.
You can read more of this story here.
Houthis target US operated fuel tanker in Gulf of Aden
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted MV Torm Thor, a US-flagged, owned and operated oil tanker, in the Gulf of Aden, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea has said.
We earlier reported the US Army’s Central Command saying its ship USS Mason shot down one antiship ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden, which was most likely aimed at the Torm Thor.
We will bring you more on this shortly.
We now have more information for you on the attack in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV says US and UK forces carried out three air raids, hitting an insecticide factory in the al-Nahda neighbourhood in al-Thawra District.
Arrest numbers from Tel Aviv protests rise
We’ve been reporting on ongoing protests on the streets of Israel, with demonstrations denouncing Prime Minister Netanyahu and demanding that Israeli captives held in Gaza be brought home.
The Israeli police say they have arrested 21 people near the Kirya complex in Tel Aviv, rising from five earlier in the night. The police say this demonstration was illegal, with protesters blocking roads and clashing with its personnel.
“At the same time as the approved protest, a number of protesters gathered at the intersection illegally and began to break the order and confront the police. At the end of the approved protest, most of the protesters dispersed, when dozens of the protesters began to descend on the Kaplan intersection and violated the order along with the rest of the protesters who were present there,” the Israeli police wrote on X.
US, UK strikes more than a dozen targets in Yemen: CENTCOM
The US Central Command says American and UK forces with support from its western allies, have hit 18 Houthi targets.
“These strikes from this multilateral coalition targeted areas used by the Houthis to attack international merchant vessels and naval ships in the region,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.
“Illegal Houthi attacks have disrupted humanitarian aid bound for Yemen, harmed Middle Eastern economies, and caused environmental damage.”
Earlier, the Houthi-affiliated media outlet Al-Masirah said US and UK forces carried out three raids in the capital Sanaa.
U.S. Forces, Allies Conduct Joint Strikes in Yemen
On Feb. 24, at approximately 11:50 p.m. (Sanaa Yemen time), U.S. Central Command forces alongside UK Armed Forces, and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted strikes… pic.twitter.com/hAQ8Ftkihp
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) February 24, 2024
Demonstrators call for end to Gaza war in Berlin
The rally in the German capital saw hundreds of protesters calling for an immediate halt to the ongoing war in Gaza.
Demonstrators marched in the streets brandishing banners carrying messages like “Freedom for Palestine” and “Stop the Genocide”.
They join protesters around the world today in countries such as Italy, Holland and the UK.
Two injured in Khan Younis attack: Red Crescent
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says its ambulance crews have transported two injured Palestinians, who arrived at their Deir el-Balah ambulance centre, to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after they were injured by Israeli gunfire in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.
🚑The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance teams dealt with two injuries that arrived at the Deir al-Balah ambulance center after being injured by Israeli occupation gunfire in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis. They were provided with first aid and transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs… pic.twitter.com/VYa89DUfLc
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 24, 2024
Adults skipping meals to feed children
The aid that is coming in is very limited for the large number of people here in southern Gaza.
People here are lining up for long hours on a daily basis just to have a very small parcel of food and a bottle of water.
Sometimes, adults are forgoing meals so their children will have sufficient food to eat.
In the north, the situation is more chaotic because people there have not received many humanitarian supplies since the beginning of this conflict.
Al Haq condemns killing of human rights defender
The legal rights organisation denounces the killing of Dana Yaghy with 40 members of her family in the besieged Gaza Strip.
“We extend our deepest condolences to her remaining family and our dear colleagues at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – PCHR,” the organisation says in a statement.
Yaghy was killed in an Israeli bombing along with 40 members of her family, including 10 children in Deir el-Balah.
The 27-year-old was killed a few days after her colleague Nour Abu Al-Nour, “both fantastic young lawyers”, the organisation says.
The #GazaGenocide is ongoing.
We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of human rights defender, Dana Yaghy with 40 members of her family. We extend our deepest condolences to her remaining family and our dear colleagues at @pchrgaza. Nowhere is safe in #Gaza. #CeasefireNOW pic.twitter.com/FM8zXrG8Zn— Al-Haq الحق (@alhaq_org) February 24, 2024
US, UK strikes hit Yemen capital: Reports
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV is reporting that US and UK forces have struck targets in Sanaa.
We will bring you more on this as more information comes in.
Israeli settlers attack town in Nablus
A group of Israeli settlers have raided the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting.
According to local sources, the settlers targeted a local swimming pool, shielded by Israeli forces, who responded by discharging live ammunition towards residences in the town, Wafa added.
No injuries were reported, the agency said.
Photos: Anti-government protest in Tel Aviv
Video shows Hezbollah rocket attack
Earlier, we reported that more than 20 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards the Kiryat Shmona in Israel.
Israeli Army Radio has posted a video to its X account showing the incoming rockets, some of them intercepted by Israeli missile defence.
תיעוד: השיגורים לאזור קריית שמונה
(צילום: לפי סעיף 27א לחוק זכויות יוצרים)@_Gitsis_ pic.twitter.com/wdib0iXxy9— גלצ (@GLZRadio) February 24, 2024
Translation: Documentation: The launches to the Kiryat Shmona area.
Three injured in central Gaza attack: PRCS
The Palestine Red Crescent says its ambulance teams recovered three injured Palestinians, following an Israeli air raid last night targeting an agriculture land in the city of Deir el-Balah.
The central Gaza city has come under intense attacks by Israeli forces in the past two days with dozens of people killed and many more injured.
🚑The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance teams transported 3 injuries due to the Israeli occupation targeting agricultural land last night in the city of Deir al-Balah, central #Gaza.
📷 Filmed by PRCS volunteer: Ahmed Wishah pic.twitter.com/xGefNEh8k4— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 24, 2024
Israeli police use water cannon on protesters
We reported earlier that protesters are demonstrating across Israel for a deal to release the captives in Gaza and/or for Netanyahu to step down as prime minister.
Israeli police are now using force against protesters in Tel Aviv.
Water canons and mounted police used against protestors on Kaplan. Credit Raya Barkan pic.twitter.com/yOHQXyRJHL
— Americans for Peace Now (@PeaceNowUS) February 24, 2024
Now: Clashes in Tel Aviv as the police attacks the weekly anti government protest pic.twitter.com/l9RHbZfzvS
— Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_) February 24, 2024
Arrests made at Tel Aviv protests
We’ve been reporting on ass demonstrations on Israeli streets against Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government and its failure to bring Israeli captives held in Gaza home.
Israel police say they have arrested at five people during protests in Tel Aviv.
“Five rioters were arrested near the Kariya compound in Tel Aviv … a number of protesters, who are not among the families of the abducted, blocked traffic and sat down on the road when they did not obey the police’s instructions,” the police said in a post on X.
Video verified by Al Jazeera, posted on X by an Israeli journalist, shows police in Tel Aviv arresting one of the protest leaders:
משה רדמן, ממנהיגי מחאת קפלן, נלקח על ידי שלושה שוטרים לרכב המעצר של המשטרה pic.twitter.com/2uAmEgQ53Y
— גל ג׳רסי (@galdjerassi) February 24, 2024
Translation: Moshe Redman, one of the leaders of the Kaplan protest, was taken by three policemen to the police arresting vehicle
Hezbollah attacks Israeli army position, fires rockets into northern Israel
The Lebanese group says that it targeted the Israeli army’s “headquarters of the Beit Hillal Battalion of the 769th Eastern Regional Brigade” with Katyusha rockets.
In a break from the regular statements published by Hezbollah, the group says that this attack was carried out “in response to the enemy’s attacks on villages and civilian homes, especially in the town of Baraachit”.
Meanwhile, our correspondent, along with Israeli media, reports that more than 20 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent also reported that sirens sounded in several areas in the Upper Galilee on the border with Lebanon.
Netanyahu to convene cabinet next week to approve Rafah operation
“Only a combination of military pressure and firm negotiations will lead to the release of our hostages, the elimination of Hamas and the achievement of all the war’s objectives,” the Israeli prime minister says on X.
On the negotiations, under way in Paris between the US, Qatar, Egypt, Hamas and Israel, he said, “We are working to obtain another outline for the release of our hostages, as well as the completion of the elimination of the Hamas battalions in Rafah. That is why I sent a delegation to Paris and tonight we will discuss the next steps in the negotiations.”
Meanwhile, demonstrators have flooded the streets of Tel Avi protesting against his government and demanding the return of the Israeli captives still held in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian factions.
‘We must admit that this is Jewish terrorism’: Israeli group on settler violence
Mistaclim, a group of Israeli anti-occupation activists, has listed several incidents wherein settlers attacked Palestinians or their property in the occupied West Bank.
In the last few days, the group said, in Shaeb al-Botum, settlers hurled stones, tried to run over a flock of sheep, and took the father of the family and his son to the settlement. Other attacks, according to Mistaclim, include:
- In Burqah, they set fire to a house and injured two
- In Kafr Kadum, they defaced houses and shops by spraypainting the Star of David
- In Burin, they set fire to a car
- In Sinjil, they burned down a house
- In Asira al-Qibliya, they invaded the village
A partial list from the last few days:
In Sha'ev-el-Bottom, they attacked with stones, tried to run over a flock of sheep, and took the father of the family and his son to the settlement,
In Burqah, they set fire to a house and injured two,
In Kafr Kadum, they sprayed the Star of… pic.twitter.com/0SOvdcPAy2— מסתכלים לכיבוש בעיניים (@Mistaclim) February 24, 2024