China News Service, Beijing, February 23 Comprehensive news: According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli war cabinet voted on the evening of the 22nd local time to send a delegation to Paris, France to participate in ceasefire negotiations.
Israel's Channel 12 TV station reported that Barnea, the head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, will lead a delegation to Paris on the 23rd to negotiate on issues such as a ceasefire and the release of hostages.
The Times of Israel reported that the news has not been confirmed by the Israeli government, but has been reported by multiple media outlets.
According to reports, this decision was made after the White House Middle East and North Africa Affairs Coordinator Brett McGurk held talks with the Israeli Prime Minister, Defense Minister and other officials on the 22nd.
According to CNN, sources recently revealed that CIA Director Burns and officials from Egypt and Qatar will participate in talks in Paris this week.
An Israeli official said the talks were expected to be substantive and not simply hear proposals like last week's talks in Cairo, Egypt.
The Associated Press reported that the White House stated on the 22nd that Brett McGurk’s visit to Israel was “going well.”
The report also quoted Egyptian officials as saying that there were "encouraging" signs from Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
Egypt, Qatar and the United States are to develop new ceasefire proposals at talks in Paris.
The official Palestinian news agency "Wafa" reported that Palestinian President Abbas met with the Chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society on the 22nd and stated that Israel should be responsible for the spread of local famine and epidemics in the Gaza Strip by preventing food and medical aid from entering, and called for Palestine to be allowed to The Red Crescent Society, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the East and relevant international organizations function unhindered in the Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera reported that the Israeli army intensively bombed the central Gaza Strip on the 22nd, killing at least 40 people.
That night, the Israeli army also launched a drone air strike on a car in the West Bank city of Jenin, killing one person and injuring 15 others.
Lebanese Hezbollah issued a statement on the 22nd saying that the organization launched 12 attacks on multiple targets in Israel that day.
During the exchange of fire, two Hezbollah militants were killed.
The Houthi armed forces in Yemen stated on the 22nd that they used missiles to attack the British freighter "Elland" traveling in the Gulf of Aden that day, causing the ship to catch fire.
Reuters reported that Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira said on the 22nd that at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the participating representatives almost unanimously supported the “two-state solution” and believed that this was the only possible solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
He said that many countries are concerned about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its spillover risks, and oppose Israel's announced attack on Rafah.
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