Any hope for the hostages? The Prime Minister of Qatar affirmed, Tuesday February 6, that he had received a response “positive” of Hamas on a draft agreement which provides for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a pause in the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian movement. For his part, the American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, affirmed that he would transmit this response to Israel on Wednesday. “There is still a lot of work to do”did he declare.
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“The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is beyond catastrophic.” This was stated by a spokesperson for the Red Cross and Red Crescent during a press briefing in Geneva. “Eight thousand displaced people who had found shelter in our Palestinian Red Crescent hospital in Khan Younes, Al-Amal, left the hospital yesterday”, he indicated. Around a hundred elderly people, disabled people and staff members “are still inside”.
The raids continue. On the sidelines of these diplomatic negotiations, Israeli airstrikes and artillery fire hit the areas of Rafah and Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The Hamas-led government’s health ministry reported 107 deaths in the past 24 hours. The same source announced on Tuesday a toll of 27,585 people killed, mostly women, children and adolescents, in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war.
The conflict is spreading in the region. During the night from Monday to Tuesday, the security company Ambrey reported a drone shot which slightly damaged a British cargo ship in the Red Sea. A new illustration of the extension of the conflict to the rest of the Middle East, due to attacks carried out by the “axis of resistance” allied around Iran which includes, in addition to Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah, militias Iraqis and the Yemeni Houthis.