China lambasted, on Wednesday February 21, the American veto of a draft UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which according to it, will make the situation “even more dangerous” in the territory. The Gaza Strip is still plunged into a catastrophic humanitarian situation, following deadly Israeli strikes. Nearly a million and a half people, according to the UN, are massed in the town of Rafah, located in the south of the Palestinian territory, against the closed border with Egypt. Follow our live stream.
The Colombian president in turn accuses Israel of “genocide”. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses Israel on Tuesday of committing “genocide” Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, expressing their “full solidarity” with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva plunged into a diplomatic crisis.
An Israeli offensive would transform Rafah into a “cemetery”, MSF USA warned. “The consequences of a large-scale attack on Rafah are truly unimaginable”also declared Tuesday the executive director of the association Avril Benoit, during an online press conference alongside Oxfam, Refugees International, and Amnesty International.
British justice rejects appeal against arms exports to Israel. The High Court of Justice in London has rejected an appeal aimed at suspending British arms exports to Israel, lawyers for the NGO behind the procedure announced on Tuesday. The Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, represented by the Global Legal Action Network, will try to overturn this decision, they said.