What happened in the last few hours?
This is the latest news on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, this Thursday, February 22, at 8:30 p.m.
Borrell emphasizes that “Israel cannot have veto power” over the establishment of a Palestinian state. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, stressed to a group of journalists in Rio that “Israel cannot have a veto right” over the creation of a Palestinian state. The G-20 is insisting on the idea after 99 of the 120 members of Israel's parliament rejected on Wednesday that the world should recognize a Palestinian state without negotiations between the conflicting parties.
United Airlines will resume direct flights to Israel in March. After a detailed safety analysis, United Airlines has announced that it will resume flights from the USA to Israel from March. United is the first major US airline to resume flights to Israel following the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza. The decision comes after several European airlines recently made similar announcements, including Lufthansa, Air France and Poland's LOT.
The Israeli army withdraws from Al Naser Hospital. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza, after seven days of siege, the Israeli army has withdrawn from the Al Naser medical complex and positioned itself near the hospital, where it continues to prevent entry and exit. . “The staff and patients of the Nasser Medical Complex have no water for drinking or personal hygiene, no food, no electricity, no oxygen and no therapeutic supplies,” the ministry explains.
The United Nations calls for the protection of security forces in the Gaza Strip. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian Territories, Jamie McGoldrick, has assured that there is looting and anarchy in Gaza when it comes to distributing humanitarian aid to the civilian population because, as he explained, the security forces are responsible for To ensure arrival assistance for civilians south and especially north of the Palestinian enclave are often the target of Israeli fire.
Security Council holds briefing on Gaza.Although no vote or discussion is planned on the temporary ceasefire proposal prepared by the United States, Council members will analyze the humanitarian situation on the ground and reiterate their concern about the announced ground offensive. Israeli on Rafah.
Israel reacts to Hezbollah rocket launch. The Israeli Air Force struck targets belonging to Hezbollah – considered the main paramilitary organization in the Middle East – in Maroun el Ras, Kfarkela and Khiam, various points in southern Lebanon, after detecting several projectile launches from these locations towards Israel.
Iran is urging the UN court to give Palestinians hope that justice will prevail. The legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories have been analyzed since Monday by the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the request of the General Assembly. Among the 52 countries that have asked to intervene before their judges is Iran, and its representative, Raza Najafi, Deputy Foreign Minister, asked the court this Thursday to give the Palestinians “the hope that justice will prevail “. Iran claims that “UN Security Council inaction” is one of the “main causes of the ongoing occupation of Palestine.”
Israel will test the scenario in Gaza with “humanitarian pockets” the day after tomorrow. Israel is seeking Palestinians not affiliated with Hamas to manage civil affairs in areas of the Gaza Strip intended as testing grounds for the enclave's post-war administration, an Israeli official said on Thursday.
Israeli bombings in Rafah destroy several houses and a mosque. The attacks were so intense that residents described the night to Portal as one of the worst yet. Gazans have recovered at least seven bodies, which they packed in sacks and left on the cobblestones outside a morgue in this city on the border with Egypt, where more than half of the Palestinian enclave's 2.3 million residents are crammed. Mostly after they fled the north in tents.