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SvennoJ on 28 February 2025
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Main events on February 28th

  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned “the coming days are critical” for maintaining the ceasefire in Gaza and urged all parties to uphold their commitments.
  • Israeli military raids in Jenin, Tulkarem, Nur Shams camp and across the occupied West Bank continue with at least 50 people arrested.
  • One Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone attack in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
  • Israeli forces targeted one of the Palestine Red Crescent Society’s crews with warning shots in the Nur Shams refugee camp.
  • The Israeli army said its jets carried out an attack in the Hermel region of northeastern Lebanon, killing Hezbollah member Muhammad Mahdi Ali Shaheen.
  • Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, during a tour of southern Lebanon, reiterated the urgent need for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces.


US signs off on $3bn munitions and equipment sale to Israel

The United States has announced the approval of the sale of more than $3bn in munitions, bulldozers, and related equipment to Israel, which used US-made weapons to devastating effect during the war on Gaza.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed off on the sale of $2.04bn in bomb bodies and warheads, another $675.7m in other bomb bodies and guidance kits, and $295m in bulldozers and related equipment, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.



Israel and Turkiye at odds over Syria

Earlier this month, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel is concerned Turkiye is supporting efforts by Iran to rebuild Hezbollah and armed groups in Syria and creating another front against Israel.

“Israel’s big fear is that Turkiye comes in and protects this new Syrian Islamist order, which then ends up being a base for Hamas and other militants,” said Aron Lund, a fellow at US-based think tank Century International.

Lund said Israel had a good chance of influencing US thinking, describing the new administration as wildly pro-Israel. “Syria is barely even on Trump’s radar now. It’s low priority and there’s a policy void to fill,” he said.

Turkiye has said it wants Syria to become stable and pose no threat to its neighbours. It has repeatedly said Israel’s actions in southern Syria were part of its expansionist and invasive policy, and showed that Israel does not want regional peace.