What to remember from Monday 12 February

Joe Biden announced that an agreement to release the hostages in Gaza, along with a “minimum six-week” ceasefire, is currently under discussion.

Cease fire in Gaza or disaster in Rafah? Conditions peak in the Middle East on Monday February 12. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to prepare an offensive on Rafah, on the border with Egypt, where 1.4 million Palestinians are currently gathering, according to the UN. At the same time, Joe Biden announced that the agreement to release the hostages in Gaza, with a pause “at least six weeks” The rivalry between Israel and Hamas was currently being debated. Here’s what to remember from February 12.

Hope for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Joe Biden, Monday, February 12, announced that an agreement to release hostages in Gaza with a pause of “at least six weeks” in hostilities between Israel and Hamas is currently under discussion. The American president, repeating a warning already issued several times by his administration, also indicated that he “must protect” Palestinian civilians in Rafah in the event of an Israeli offensive on the town, south of the enclave.

King Abdullah II of Jordan, for his part, declared during a joint speech with Joe Biden at the White House that he “A permanent ceasefire was urgently needed” in Gaza.

Disaster concerns in Rafah

In the Gaza Strip, Rafah is likely to be attacked “terrible”Concern was raised by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, while International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan said he “very worried” About the future of citizens. The city is currently the last urban center where the Israeli army has not yet launched a ground attack. However, on Wednesday February 7, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, “Israeli Defense Forces ordered to prepare operations in Rafah as well as two camps (of refugees)Hamas’s Last Remaining Bastion”.

Hamas warned on Sunday that the attack on Rafah “Torpedo” Any agreement on hostages, while negotiations on a new ceasefire are being led by Egypt and Qatar.

Two hostages were freed

The two hostages were freed by the Israeli army during the night from Sunday to Monday. “Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Luis Haar, 70, were jointly carried out by the Shin Beth during a night operation in Rafah. (Internal Security) and the Israel Police., according to a press release from these three services. Abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, the two men were taken to the Sheba Medical Center in the suburbs of Tel Aviv for a preliminary medical examination.

“They are in stable condition”The founding director described. “Just keep up the military pressure” until “Victory” will free”All our hostages” In the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted.