• [En direct] Gaza : Israël étudie la réponse « positive » du Hamas sur une trêve et poursuit ses frappes à Rafah
    Publié le : 07/02/2024 - RFI
    https://www.rfi.fr/fr/moyen-orient/20240207-en-direct-gaza-isra%C3%ABl-%C3%A9tudie-la-r%C3%A9ponse-positive-du-hama

    ■ Le groupe palestinien Hamas a confirmé mardi 6 février avoir remis sa réponse aux médiateurs égyptiens et qatariens à une proposition de trêve formulée fin janvier à Paris par des responsables américains, qatariens et égyptiens. Selon Le Caire et Doha, cette réponse était « généralement positive ». Israël a confirmé l’avoir reçue et l’étudier.

    ■ Alors que les autorités israéliennes réaffirment leur volonté d’étendre les opérations à Rafah, dans le sud de Gaza, l’ONU a prévenu qu’une invasion terrestre sur place pourrait « constituer un crime de guerre ». À la frontière avec l’Égypte, la ville concentre désormais la moitié de la population palestinienne, venue se réfugier, suivant notamment des instructions israéliennes.

    ■ Alors que la guerre entre mercredi 7 février dans son cinquième mois, Israël a de nouveau bombardé Khan Younès, où selon lui se cachent des responsables du mouvement islamiste palestinien. Selon l’armée israélienne, le chef du Hamas à Gaza est actuellement « en fuite » et se terre « de cachette en cachette ».

    ■ Le secrétaire d’État américain Antony Blinken est arrivé mardi 6 février au soir à Tel-Aviv, dans sa tournée diplomatique dans la région, poursuivant les efforts en vue d’obtenir une trêve humanitaire.

    ■ Au moins 31 des 136 otages israéliens capturés par le Hamas sont morts, selon une évaluation interne menée par l’armée israélienne. Des rapports non confirmés des services de renseignement indiquent qu’au moins 20 autres otages pourraient également être morts.

    ■ Selon le dernier bilan du ministère de la Santé du Hamas, mardi 6 février, 27 585 personnes ont été tuées à Gaza depuis le début de la guerre, le 7 octobre dernier. Les morts sont en majorité des femmes, des adolescents et des enfants. On dénombre 66 978 blessés.

    • Morning recap: Day 124 of Israel’s war on Gaza
      7 February 2024 05:53 GMT | Middle East Eye
      https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-recap-day-124-israels-war-gaza

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      It’s 07:50 in Palestine and Israel. Here are the latest developments from Israel’s war on Gaza, which enters its 124th day today:

      Israeli fighter jets intensified overnight air strikes in Rafah, a small border town with Egypt sheltering over 1.3 million internally displaced civilians.

      North of Rafah, Israeli forces tightened their siege of Khan Youni’s main hospital, the Nasser Medical Complex, as fighting raged on elsewhere in the city.

      A suspected Israeli air strike in Syria’s Homs late on Tuesday killed a man, a woman and a child, according to a human rights monitor.

      Saudi Arabia rebuffed White House spokesperson John Kirby for saying that a normalisation deal with Israel was separate from a Gaza ceasefire agreement.

      Riyadh insisted “there will be no diplomatic relations with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is recognised on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and that the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip stops and all Israeli occupation forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip”.

    • Israel’s war on Gaza live: Rafah situation ‘more intense by the hour’
      7 février 2024 - 05:00 GMT | Al Jazeera
      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-truce-diplomacy-continues

      It’s 7am (05:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.

      Here are some of the main developments overnight:

      Israeli forces have intensified their siege of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, endangering 300 medical staff, 450 patients and some 10,000 displaced people, the UN reports.

      Israeli forces have stormed the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, raiding homes, arresting people and destroying infrastructure.

      The Israeli military launched air raids on the city of Homs in Syria, killing many civilians and injuring several more.

      Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement stating there will be no diplomatic relations with Israel without a Palestinian state.

    • Day 124 : Dozens Of Palestinians Killed By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
      Feb 7, 2024 | - IMEMC News
      https://imemc.org/article/day-124-dozens-of-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-missiles-in-gaza

      On Wednesday, Day 124 of the ongoing Israeli onslaught and genocidal bombings of civilian areas, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and injured many more, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.

      The Palestinian Health Ministry said the army “committed 12 massacres against Palestinian families in Gaza over the last 24 hours, killing 107 Palestinians and wounding more than 143.”

      The Israeli bombing targeted many areas in Rafah, in the eastern, southern, and western parts, especially in areas near the perimeter fence where dozens of families fled.

      In the Tal Al-Sultan area in Rafah, the army fired missiles and shells at many homes, killing and wounding several Palestinians, including a journalist from the Abu Ghali family along with his mother and his sister.

      The army also fired a missile at a home of the Khaffaja family near the Al-Qadisiya School, in Tal Al-Sultan, killing Ayyoub Yahia Hamad Khaffaja.

      Also in Rafah, Israeli missiles killed a woman from the Arsan and her child in the Zohour neighborhood, bringing the number of slain Palestinians to twelve, in addition to many injuries, in just a few hours.

      The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera said the Israeli Air Force is conducting extensive aerial strikes, and creating massive fire belts in areas north of Rafah.

      Al-Aqsa Satellite TV said the army is firing dozens of artillery shells, tank shells, and missiles targeting all areas east of Rafah, while Israeli navy ships fired many missiles into Palestinian areas near the border with Egypt.

      Over the past several days, the Israeli army has been threatening to invade Rafah where at least 1.400.000, including those who fled northern and central Gaza, are sheltering in make-shift camps, under the cold, and without basic supplies or any infra-structure. (...)