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[Live] Israel's response to Gaza deemed “excessive” by Washington, which fears a humanitarian “disaster”
As the Israeli army bombs Rafah this Friday, February 9, a town in southern Gaza where more than a million Palestinians displaced by the war are crowded together, Washington and the UN fear a humanitarian "
disaster
" from its American ally which considers his response against Hamas “excessive”.
The Israeli army is bombing Rafah this Friday, a town in southern Gaza where more than a million Palestinians displaced by the war are crowded together. AFP - MAHMUD HAMS
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What you must remember :
■
Israeli forces have intensified bombings in neighborhoods of Rafah
, deemed excessive by the United States which fears a humanitarian “
disaster
”.
■ According to the latest report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, communicated Thursday February 8,
27,840 people have been killed in Gaza
since the start of the war on October 7, 2023. The dead are mainly women, adolescents and children. children. There are also
67,317 injured
.
Times are given in universal time (UT, i.e. Paris time -1),
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5:00 a.m.: New US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen
The United States said it carried out strikes Thursday targeting four surface drones and seven cruise missiles "
ready to be launched against ships in the Red Sea
" by Yemen's Houthi rebels. These drones and missiles were “
identified in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
” and posed “
an imminent threat
” to navigation, the United States Middle East Military Command (Centcom) said on X.
Feb. 8 Summary of USCENTCOM Self-Defense Strikes in Yemen
On Feb. 8, between the hours of 5 am – 9 pm (Sanaa time), US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted seven self-defense strikes against four Houthi unmanned surface vessels (USV) and seven mobile anti-ship cruise… pic.twitter. com/5qKArWfj7G
— US Central Command (@CENTCOM) February 9, 2024
Since November, the Houthi rebels have said they are targeting ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that they consider linked to Israel, in “
solidarity
” with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a territory bombed and besieged by Israel, at war. against Hamas. Their attacks have forced many shipowners to suspend passage through this zone where 12% of world trade passes.
Israel's first ally, Washington, which announced that it would once again designate the Houthis as a “
terrorist
” entity, set up a multinational coalition in December to “
protect
” maritime traffic. This coalition having so far failed to stop the attacks, American and British forces have carried out several strikes on Yemen since mid-January.
4:45 a.m.: Israeli response to Gaza deemed “
excessive
” by Washington
The Israeli army is bombing Rafah this Friday, a town in southern Gaza where more than a million Palestinians displaced by the war are crowded together, amid fears of a humanitarian “
disaster
” from its American ally, which its American ally considers “
excessive
” its response against Hamas.
Washington warned Thursday of a “
disaster
” in Rafah and assured that it would not support an operation “
without serious and credible planning
” concerning civilians there. “
I think, as you know, the response in Gaza, in the Gaza Strip, has been excessive
,” US President Joe Biden said, in a rare criticism of Israel.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “
alarmed
” by a ground operation there. “
Such action would exponentially worsen the current humanitarian nightmare whose
regional consequences are already incalculable
,” he wrote on the social network X.
Half of Gaza's population is now crammed into Rafah with nowhere to go.
Reports that the Israeli military intends to focus next on Rafah are alarming.
Such an action would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) February 8, 2024
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