USA: Israel's occupation a consequence of "security needs"
The US defends Israel in the International Court of Justice, ICJ, in The Hague. The New York Times writes that the US believes that Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem should be seen against the background of the "real security needs" that exist.
- We were reminded of those security needs on October 7, and they remain, said Richard Visek, legal adviser at the US State Department, according to Al Jazeera.
Visek argued that the court should not call on Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territory.
The statement comes a day after the United States, in the UN Security Council, vetoed an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The process in the ICJ started earlier this week and is about whether to come up with an advisory opinion on an Israeli withdrawal from occupied land.
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China sees the US veto in the UN: "Green light for slaughter"
The United States' veto of a ceasefire in the UN Security Council on Tuesday evening is heavily criticized by China, several media reports.
The country's UN representative Zhang Jun says that the US is giving the "green light for continued slaughter" and at the same time increases the risk of the war spreading across the Middle East.
- China expresses its great disappointment and dissatisfaction, says Zhang according to Reuters.
The US is said to be preparing its own resolution on a ceasefire, which is said to be more vague in its wording. For example, the country does not demand an immediate ceasefire but wants it to come into force "as soon as is practically possible".
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The Israel-Hamas war|The attacks
Israel fired at food convoy: "Hard to see how it can be a legal attack"
The food situation in northern Gaza is becoming increasingly critical and the work of delivering emergency aid is described as very dangerous or, to a large extent, next to impossible.
CNN has analyzed reports from the United Nations that an aid convoy loaded with food was fired upon on February 5, despite correspondence between the United Nations and Israel's army showing an agreement on the route.
According to the UN agency Unrwa, the shelling took place from the sea and satellite images taken two hours after the incident show, according to CNN, three Israeli robotic boats a few kilometers from the coast.
No one in the convoy was injured, but large parts of the contents, mainly flour destined for northern Gaza, were destroyed.
- It is very difficult to see how this could be a legal attack, says Janina Dill at the University of Oxford.
CNN has repeatedly asked Israel's military about the incident but has not received a response.
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UN pauses food deliveries to Gaza after looting
The UN has made the "impossible decision" to pause its aid shipments to northern Gaza, Cindy McCain, head of the UN Food Program (WFP), announced, according to The Guardian.
The reason is that several convoys were looted and exposed to shelling in recent days. A driver is also said to have been beaten.
- In most cases, when food is taken directly from convoys, it is out of sheer desperation, with people even eating on the spot, says Jonathan Fowler, spokesperson for the UN organization Unrwa.
Aid organizations have been warning of famine in Gaza for several weeks. At the same time, the Israeli offensive is underway. In the past 24 hours, several targets have been attacked. According to Hamas-controlled authorities, 103 people were killed in the attacks.
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