Israel announced on Monday March 4 the recall of its ambassador to the UN for consultations, accusing the United Nations of passivity in the face of Hamas. The Israeli Foreign Minister denounced the social network a “attempt to ignore the serious UN report on the massive rapes committed by Hamas and its allies on October 7”, before the publication of a report on sexual violence committed by the Palestinian Islamist movement on the day of the attack. Follow our live stream.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights worried. He expressed, Monday before the Human Rights Council in Geneva (Switzerland), his fear that the war in Gaza would lead “to a much wider conflagration”. The results “in this powder magazine” could have “implications for all countries in the Middle East, and many others beyond”added Volker Türk.
The Vice President of the United States calls for an “immediate ceasefire”. “Given the extent of the suffering”this ceasefire must last “for at least the next six weeks”said Kamala Harris. “This is what is currently on the negotiating table”, she added. She also delivered the most vocal criticism yet of Israel from a senior U.S. official since the war began. “The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. There are no excuses”estimated the American vice-president.
Talks in Cairo. Negotiations resumed on Sunday for a truce between Israel and Hamas during Ramadan in the Gaza Strip, subject to new deadly Israeli bombings, while the besieged Palestinian territory is threatened with famine according to the UN.