New airstrikes launched on Rafah on the night of Wednesday February 21 to Thursday February 22 left 97 dead, according to Hamas. LThe bombings notably destroyed the al-Faruq mosque, of which only the minaret now remains standing in the middle of the ruins, noted an AFP journalist. It is in this overcrowded town, located in the south of the Gaza Strip, that the Israeli army is preparing a ground offensive. Follow our live stream.
Upcoming talks for a truce in Gaza. To try to break the deadlock in discussions on a truce, American President Joe Biden’s adviser for the Middle East, Brett McGurk, is expected in Israel on Thursday, after a stop in Cairo where the head of the Hamas political office, Ismaïl Haniyeh also surrendered this week.
Deadly Israeli strike against an MSF residence in Gaza. The NGO Doctors Without Borders denounced on Wednesday “with the greatest firmness” an Israeli strike against one of his residences in the south of the Gaza Strip. Two family members of one of the employees died.
A complaint filed in France for crimes against humanity against UNRWA. The France-Israel-Alliance Général Koenig association filed this complaint with the Paris judicial court. She points “The ambivalence” towards Hamas of which UNRWA is accused “for several years”.
Situation in Gaza “inhumane”, denounces WHO director. “What world do we live in when people can’t get food and water, or when people who can’t even walk can’t receive care?” declared Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press conference in Geneva (Switzerland).