Israel depriving Gazans of basic survival needs, U.N. warns
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised alarms over Israel’s obstruction of aid deliveries to Gaza, leaving the population without essential resources for survival.
On Thursday, the U.N. agency reported that Israel’s ongoing airstrikes targeting makeshift shelters housing displaced Palestinians have resulted in “mass casualties.”
In its latest report, OCHA said that Gaza is experiencing its most severe humanitarian crisis since Israel launched the war in October 2023.
OCHA further noted that aid efforts in Gaza have been severely disrupted by Israel’s intensified military offensive, a prolonged blockade halting humanitarian and commercial deliveries for over 50 days, deadly attacks on aid workers and their facilities, and extreme movement restrictions.
An OCHA official described the situation as the “deliberate dismantling of Palestinian life” in Gaza.
The Israeli army resumed its deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip on March 18, killing 1,890 people and injuring 4,950 others despite a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement implemented in January.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister in charge of military affairs, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel is also facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
Source: Marzieh Rahmani
واکنش تند روبیو و وتیکاف به گزارش «پولیتیکو»!
به گزارش خبرگزاری مهر به نقل از راشاتودی، مارکو روبیو، وزیر خارجه و استیو ویتکاف، فرستاده ویژه دولت دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهور آمریکا در غرب آسیا، با اشاره به گزارش پولیتیکو درباره لغو تحریم‌ها علیه روسیه به عنوان بخشی از توافق صلح در اوکراین، این روزنامه آمریکایی را به نشر اکاذیب متهم کردند.
پولیتیکو دیروز در گزارشی نوشت که واشنگتن در حال بررسی لغو تحریم‌ها علیه خط لوله «نورد استریم» روسیه و همچنین سایر تحریم‌ها علیه دارایی‌های مسکو در اروپا به عنوان بخشی از توافق صلح است.
این روزنامه به نقل از پنج منبع آگاه به مذاکرات، نوشت که ویتکاف «اصلی‌ترین حامی این طرح است و دلیل آن هم احتمالا «دوستی» رو به افزایش با ولادیمیر پوتین، رئیس جمهور روسیه است.
در این مقاله، همچنین آمده است که روبیو با این طرح مخالفت دارد و در ادامه نیز به نقل از تحلیلگران هشدار داده است که چنین اقدامی می‌تواند به صادرات گاز طبیعی مایع آمریکا ضربه بزند.
روبیو در واکنشی سریع به این گزارش، در شبکه اجتماعی «ایکس» نوشت: این داستانی تخیلی به وضوح کذب است.
ویتکاف نیز با ادبیاتی تندتر، این مقاله را «چرند و پرند» خواند. روبیو و ویتکاف جزو چهره‌های اصلی در مذاکرات مرتبط با پایان دادن به جنگ اوکراین هستند.
هرچند جزئیات طرح صلح ترامپ منتشر نشده است اما مطابق گزارش‌ها، در این طرح، به رسمیت شناخته شدن کریمه به عنوان خاک روسیه یکی از شروط است. ولودیمیر زلنسکی، رئیس جمهور اوکراین به‌تازگی با رد این پیشنهاد، آن را «مغایر قانون اساسی» اوکراین خواند. ترامپ در واکنش، رئیس جمهور اوکراین را متهم کرد که با «اظهارات تحریک‌کننده»، روند مذاکرات را به خطر می‌اندازد و هشدار داد که اگر زلنسکی سازش نکند، «ممکن است که کل کشورش را از دست بدهد.
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EU may reduce purchases of US Weapons, introduce high tariffs
The EU countries are considering the possibility of reducing purchases of American weapons and introducing tough economic restrictions against the United States as a response to the actions of the administration of US President Donald Trump, Politico reported, citing European officials.
The measures under consideration include finding alternative suppliers of military equipment and ammunition, introducing high retaliatory tariffs, abolishing intellectual property protection measures for American companies, and reducing dependence on American technology giants, the report said on Wednesday.
In addition, many countries were concerned about Washington”s use of defense technologies as a lever of pressure on Ukraine, the report read. They also reportedly realized that it is not so easy to meet US demands to increase defense spending.
As a result, the countries came to the conclusion that it is necessary to reduce dependence on American systems and develop their own.
Polish government adviser on Ukraine Pawel Kowal told the newspaper that “confidence in the USA has been severely shaken,” and that Poland will probably not place new major orders for American military equipment.
Source: Marzieh Rahmani
Gaza death toll nears 51,400 as Israel kills 50 Palestinian
A ministry statement said that 152 more injured people were also transferred to hospitals, taking the number of injuries to 117,248 in the Israeli onslaught.
“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
The Israeli army resumed its deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip on March 18 and has since killed nearly 2,000 people and injured over 5,200 others, shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
Source: Marzieh Rahmani