[Live] International pressure mounts for deal between Israel and Hamas
International pressure intensified Tuesday for a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas including a new release of hostages, despite threats of an offensive on Rafah, the last refuge for more than a million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip .
A woman walks past photos of the hostages displayed in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2024. AP - Ariel Schalit
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What you must remember
■ US President
Joe Biden urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “
guarantee the security
” of the Palestinian population
while several states warned of a “
humanitarian catastrophe
” in the event of an assault on the overpopulated city.
■
Joe Biden announced that an agreement to release hostages held in Gaza
, accompanied by a pause
of “at least six weeks
” in hostilities between Israel and Hamas,
was currently under discussion
.
■ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the army to develop a plan to
evacuate civilians from Rafah
, where he plans to
launch a "
massive operation
"
and defeat the last Hamas battalions.
■ According to the latest report from the Hamas Ministry of Health, released this Monday, February 12,
28,340
people have been killed in Gaza
since the start of the war on October 7, 2023. It reported a total of 164 deaths in the last 24 hours. The victims are mostly women, adolescents and children. There are also
67,984 injured
.
Times are given in universal time (UT, i.e. Paris time -1),
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6:15 a.m.: The United States calls for a “credible” plan to spare the Palestinian population
The United States, Israel's main ally, insists it opposes a large-scale operation without a solution for civilians stuck on the closed border with Egypt in the territory's far south. American President Joe Biden demanded, from Israeli forces, a “credible” plan to spare the Palestinian population, prior to any offensive, during a meeting Monday at the White House with the King of Jordan Abdullah II. The monarch, whose country is the second Arab state to have signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, went further. “
We cannot afford an Israeli attack on Rafah
,” where the humanitarian situation is already “
unbearable
,” said Abdallah II, who also called for “
a
lasting ceasefire immediately
” in the Gaza Strip.
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