Middle East, US-Netanyahu tension over Gaza. New Houthi attacks

There is a conflict between the US administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamyn Netanyahu over the post-war situation in Gaza and the creation of a Palestinian state. The Israeli leader said he is against the creation of a Palestinian state as part of any post-war scenario: Israel will only accept an agreement that gives the Jewish state security control over the entire Gaza Strip, Netanyahu told a conference press, adding that he “told the Americans this.” The US response, which has always supported the “two peoples, two states” solution, was dry and almost immediate: Washington will continue to work in the Middle East for a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine, the House’s national security body said. White. advisor, John Kirby, speaking to reporters. “There will be a post-conflict Gaza, there will be no re-occupation of Gaza,” Kirby told reporters aboard Air Force One. Meanwhile, Houthi militia attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continue. The head of the Iranian-backed Yemeni militia, Abdul Malik al Houthi, urged the Arab world to organize a mass boycott of Israeli products and promised that “attacks on ships linked to Israel will continue.”

Overnight, the US military launched another wave of missile attacks against Houthi-controlled locations: this is the fourth attack in a week that directly targets Houthi positions in Yemen. “Attacks against the Houthis will continue,” confirmed US President Joe Biden.

Very high tension also between Pakistan and Iran: Islamabad launched airstrikes during the night “against anti-Pakistani militant groups” around Saravan, a city in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, in southeastern Iran, on the border between the two countries, after Tehran attacked the Jaish al-Adl group in Pakistani territory in recent days, considered “terrorist” by Tehran. The situation in the Strip remains dramatic: according to Hamas, almost 25,000 Palestinians have been killed and 61,830 injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. 172 deaths and 326 injuries were recorded in the last 24 hours. At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, as the blackout of telecommunications services in the Strip continues. The Israeli army claims it is operating on the ground “in the southernmost area where IDF ground troops have operated so far,” targeting Hamas infrastructure. In Strasbourg, the European Parliament approved a non-binding resolution calling for a “permanent ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, but conditional on the release of all Israeli hostages and the definitive dismantling of Hamas. Next Monday, the EU will adopt sanctions against Hamas that will “target individuals and ban money transfers.” It is possible that EU foreign ministers will discuss possible measures against Israeli settlers.