Main events on February 27th
- Gaza’s Health Ministry said that at least two Palestinians have been killed and 25 injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
- Israel’s military destroyed a residential building outside the areas of its control in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.
- Hamas said the “ceasefire” in Gaza is “meaningless” as long as Israel continues attacking and killing Palestinians.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has addressed the 17th Al Jazeera Forum in Qatar’s capital, Doha, today, calling the issue of Palestine the region’s “moral compass”.
- The Israeli prime minister’s office says Netanyahu is expected to meet Trump next Wednesday in Washington, DC, where the pair will discuss Iran.
- Israeli settler attacks continued across the occupied West Bank, with settlers beating and injuring two Palestinians near Ramallah in today’s most violent attack.
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ to convene in Washington, discuss Gaza: Report
United States President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace”, tasked with overseeing governance in the Gaza Strip as part of a US-led peace plan, will convene in Washington, DC, later this month for its first meeting, according to online news outlet Axios.
The outlet, quoting a US official and diplomats from four countries who are part of the board, reported on Friday that plans for the meeting on February 19 – which will also serve as a fundraising event for the reconstruction of Gaza amid Israel’s genocide in the enclave – are still tentative and could change.
Axios reports that the meeting is scheduled for the day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with President Trump at the White House. The news outlet notes that if Netanyahu attends the Board of Peace meeting, it will be his first meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, 2023.
The White House and the State Department did not comment on the report.
