Tensions in the Middle East are not abating following the war in Gaza. Salvos of rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel, between Thursday February 8 and Friday February 9, shortly after an Israeli air strike against the Lebanese Hezbollah military leader. For its part, the United States has launched new bombings against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Follow our live stream.
Joe Biden considers Israel’s response “overwhelming.” “I think, as you know, the response in Gaza, in the Gaza Strip, has been overwhelming”, the president of the United States declared, particularly in criticism of Israel. Washington warned “catastrophe” It pledged not to support the operation in Rafah and the city south of the Gaza Strip, which shelters more than a million displaced people, “Without serious and reliable planning” About citizens on the site.
Strikes continue in central and southern Gaza. During the night from Thursday to Friday, witnesses reported deadly strikes in central and southern Gaza. And the Palestinian Red Crescent announced the deaths of three children in an Israeli strike on Rafah.
A “new round of negotiations” has begun in Cairo. An agreement reached in late November allowed a one-week pause in fighting. In Cairo, A “A New Round of Negotiations”Sponsored by Egypt and Qatar, with the participation of Hamas, began on Thursday to get “Calm in the Gaza Strip” as well as the exchange of Palestinian prisoners and hostages, according to an Egyptian official.
