The United States presented to members of the UN Security Council a draft resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire linked to the release of hostages” in Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, expected, Thursday, March 21, in Egypt to advance talks for a truce between Israel and Hamas.
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⇒ The United States will call on the UN for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, announces Blinken
⇒ Two dead in a new Israeli airstrike in the West Bank (Palestinian Authority)
⇒ Canada stops arms exports to Israel (minister)
The United States will call the UN for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, announces Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States presented a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling for an “immediate ceasefire linked to the release of the hostages” in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with Saudi media.
“We have actually submitted a resolution that is now before the Security Council that calls for an immediate ceasefire linked to the release of the hostages and we very much hope that countries will support it,” he said. Wednesday evening to the Saudi media Al Hadath, on the sidelines of a visit to the kingdom devoted to the war between Israel and Hamas.
Two dead in new Israeli airstrike in West Bank
Two Palestinians, suspected by the Israeli army of “threatening” its soldiers, were killed by an airstrike near Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry announced early Thursday.
The Israeli army announced shortly after midnight (10 p.m. GMT) that it was carrying out an operation in the Nour Shams Palestinian refugee camp, which adjoins the town of Tulkarem, in the northwest of the occupied West Bank. “During the operation, an aircraft struck two terrorists who posed a threat to our forces,” the Israeli army said in a brief message.
Canada stops arms exports to Israel
Canada will stop sending weapons to Israel, at war against Palestinian Hamas, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday, provoking the anger of Israeli officials.
Since the start of the conflict more than five months ago, the army sales licenses granted by Canada to Israel only concerned the export of non-lethal equipment, such as communications tools, authorities had previously indicated.
Israeli strike in Jenin: 3 dead, including a local Islamic Jihad commander
A local commander of the armed wing of Islamic Jihad was killed Thursday afternoon by an Israeli strike on a car in Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank, in which two other Palestinians accused by Israel of preparing attacks were also killed. .
In the evening, several hundred people, including young people armed with automatic rifles and firing bursts into the air, participated in the funeral of the three men in the city’s refugee camp, AFP journalists noted. According to an Israeli army statement, an “aircraft struck two prominent Islamic Jihad perpetrators aboard a vehicle.”
In the United States, Democratic senators call for a Palestinian state
More than a third of Democratic members of the US Senate on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to push further for the creation of a Palestinian state, at a time when Washington is increasingly showing its impatience with its close Israeli partner.
This initiative comes a few days after the surprise speech by the leader of the Democratic senators in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, calling for new elections in Israel and openly criticizing the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for its management of the war against Hamas in Gaza.