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[Live] Gaza shelled, concerns around the overcrowded town of Rafah

The Israeli army shelled the Gaza Strip where dozens of people were killed this Sunday, February 4, as fears grew in the face of a possible military offensive against the overcrowded town of Rafah, which is home to more than a million displaced Palestinians. .

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike as part of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2024. © Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters

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What you must remember

■

The US and British militaries carried out 

strikes against 36 Houthi-linked targets

 in Yemen a day after US strikes in Iraq and Syria targeted Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

■

More than a million displaced Palestinians fear another Israeli military attack

 after

Israel's

defense minister vowed to attack Rafah, an area once described as a "safe zone."

■ A proposed humanitarian pause in Gaza and an exchange of Palestinian hostages and prisoners would be considered. 

A senior Hamas official said this Saturday that Israel is delaying an agreement because it does not want a ceasefire.

■ According to the latest report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, Friday February 2, 

27,238

people

have been killed in Gaza

 since the start of the war on October 7. The majority of the dead are women, adolescents and children.

There

are 

66,452

injured.

Times are given in universal time (Paris-1),

05:39: “

The Americans are aware that direct contact with the Iranians risks increasing the level of violence

 ,” Hasni Abidi, director of the Center for Studies and Research on the Arab and Mediterranean World

The human toll, still provisional, from retaliatory strikes launched by the United States against pro-Iranian groups accused of targeting American soldiers stationed in the region shows 16 dead in Iraq and more than 23 dead in Syria. US President Joe Biden assures that these strikes are only the beginning and that his country reserves the possibility of striking again “

 when and where we decide 

”. The American strikes have provoked very critical reactions in the region, in Iraq, Syria, and Iran. But the United States is careful not to directly target Tehran.

The Americans are trying to spare the Iranians

00:58

Analysis by Hasni Abidi director of the Center for Studies and Research on the Arab and Mediterranean World

Daniel Vallot

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