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Farhad A

Israel-Gaza Conflict: February 16-17 (Recap)

1️⃣ “Perilous situation” in #Rafah in southern #Gaza demands immediate implementation of existing provisional measures, says the International Court of Justice ( #ICJ).

2️⃣ US President Biden says he hopes Israel “will not make any massive land invasion” on Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering, before a “temporary ceasefire”.

3️⃣ At least five patients have died after Israel’s incursion into #KhanYounis’s Nasser Hospital saw electricity and oxygen supplies cut.

4️⃣ People in Gaza are eating weeds and animal food to stay alive as the UN’s #FAO warns of challenges in distributing aid, especially in the north.

5️⃣ Israel was reportedly behind attacks on two major gas pipelines in Iran this week, the New York Times is reporting, citing two officials from Western countries.

6️⃣ Doctors Without Borders, has warned that an Israeli offensive on Rafah would be “catastrophic” for the estimated 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in the city. “Rafah is the end of the line,” the humanitarian organisation said in a post on X. “There is nowhere else to flee.”

7️⃣ The #US has renewed sanctions against the #Yemen-based #Houthis over the group’s attacks on #RedSea shipping lanes.

At least 28,775 people including more than 12,300 children, have been killed and over 68,552 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

#SaveRafah
#SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Occupation #Apartheid #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow

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Joachim

Golineh Atai unterwegs im #Jemen:

Ich werde nicht vergessen, wie die #Houthis, die ständig über das Leid die Kinder von #Gaza reden, Verbrechen gegen die jemenitische Zivilbevölkerung verüben. Houthis verwehren 90% der Einwohner von Taiz die Wasserzufuhr. Sie versorgen sich notdürftig über gespendete Wassertrucks.

https://twitter.com/GolinehAtai/status/1750902910211281330

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Farhad A

Yemeni war analyst Rashid Maarouf on X:

🔶️ "Today there is a huge and unprecedented alert by the #Houthis and they have transferred large naval weapons to the #RedSea, missiles, sea mines and explosive boats. It seems that they are preparing for a major event and it is expected that a major naval battle will take place in the coming days as a result of the recent escalation between #Iran and America in #Iraq and the assassination of senior Iranian leaders in #Syria. And #Yemen."

#US #Biden #Politics

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Bert Ernste

By bombing Yemen, the west risks repeating its own mistakes

The Guardian

Instead of retaliating against the Houthi militia, the US and its allies should be pressing Israel to end its invasion of Gaza and accept a ceasefire.

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A Typhoon takes off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to to take part in airstrikes against military targets in Yemen. Photograph: Sgt Lee Goddard/MoD/AFP/Getty Images.

Early on Friday, the US and Britain launched military strikes against more than a dozen targets in Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia. (...)

Western leaders, and especially the US president, Joe Biden, insist that they want to reduce the risk of the war in Gaza spreading to other parts of the Middle East. But the US-led air and naval strikes on Yemen are the most significant expansion of the conflict since Israel launched its devastating assault on Gaza after the 7 October attacks by Hamas. Instead of avoiding a wider war, the US and its allies are escalating regional tensions and adding fuel to a conflict that has already spilled over to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the Red Sea. The conflagration could spiral out of control, perhaps more by accident than design. (...)

Washington appears almost eager to repeat its mistakes: years of bombing by US allies during Yemen’s long civil war failed to dislodge the Houthis or persuade them to change course. In fact, the Houthis became stronger after each military confrontation.(...)

The US and its allies are resisting the clearest path for de-escalation across the region: putting pressure on Israel to end its invasion and accept a ceasefire.

A truce would remove the Houthis’ rationale for their aggression against commercial shipping in the Red Sea – and the movement’s leaders have said they will cease disrupting global trade once Israel stops bombing Gaza. The US-led military strikes are likely to have the opposite effect. (...)

The Houthis, who were losing support in Yemen before the Gaza war, have little incentive to change tactics since the conflict has increased their popularity throughout the Middle East. (...)

Washington’s unwavering support and billions of dollars in arms shipments to Israel are straining other US alliances in the region. It’s notable that two of the US’s closest allies in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have resisted joining an international naval coalition, assembled by the Biden administration last month, to confront the Houthis and protect shipping in the Red Sea. (...)

The Houthis essentially won the war, and they reached a UN-brokered ceasefire in 2022 with Saudi Arabia, although the two sides are still negotiating a permanent truce. (...)

For the US and Britain, that history should serve as a cautionary tale: the regional power they supported spent years trying to destroy the Houthis, only to be ground down and forced to negotiate a settlement.

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Tags: #middle_east #israel #palestine #palestinians #gaza #lebanon #iraq #yemen #houthis #saudi_arabia #iran #hezbollah #hamas #red_sea

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