Turkiye, Indonesia to work together for reconstruction of Gaza: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has praised Indonesia’s stance on the Palestinian issue at a joint news conference with his counterpart, Prabowo Subianto, as he expressed his country’s intent to “continue to work with Indonesia in the reconstruction of Gaza”.

He also renewed his call for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Erdogan also asserted that other countries in the region will not be able to achieve stability until Gaza and Palestinians find peace.

“The total damage caused by Israel’s 15-month-long attacks is nearly $100bn. According to legal principles, this damage should be collected from the perpetrator,” he said, referring to Israel.

_{People continue their daily life under difficult conditions at Jabalia Refugee Camp, located in the north of the Gaza Strip, as they struggle to survive among the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks after the ceasefire agreement entered into force in Jabalia, Gaza on February 11}

At least one Palestinian killed in Israeli attack on Rafah

Israeli forces bombed the municipality of ash-Shawka, east of southern Gaza’s Rafah city, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding another, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) also reported on the killing, saying the attack was carried out by an Israeli drone. It added that the wounded person was in a serious condition.

Israeli military claims deadly drone attack in southern Gaza countered weapons smuggling

The Israeli military confirmed launching the deadly strike, claiming it was linked with cross-border smuggling.

The army said in a short statement that its unmanned aircraft dropped a bomb over two “suspects” and a drone after the drone was detected crossing from Israeli territory into southern Gaza.

Several attempts to smuggle weapons into Gaza using drones have been spotted recently, it claimed, adding that it “will not allow terrorist activity of any kind”.

801 trucks deliver critical humanitarian aid to Gaza: UN

The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced aid is being ramped up to Gaza with at least 801 trucks entering on Wednesday.

“The UN and its partners seize every opportunity afforded by the ceasefire to scale up the provision of water, food, shelter, health, sanitation, hygiene, clothing, education and other assistance to the people of Gaza,” OCHA said in a statement.

More than 800 aid trucks entered the Palestinian enclave “through interactions with the Israeli authorities and the guarantors for the ceasefire deal”.

Noting the UN agency for Palestine refugees “reached 1.2 million people with food” in the first two weeks of the ceasefire, OCHA said: “The agency opened 37 new shelters for people returning to the north, providing tents, blankets, plastic sheeting and warm winter clothing.

“As of last week, UNRWA was hosting about 120,000 people in 120 shelters including more than three dozen that opened since the ceasefire.”



‘Positive signals’ Israeli captives will be released: Hamas

Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi says there are “positive signals” that the captives held in Gaza will be released as planned on Saturday.

He told The Associated Press that mediators are working to finalise the settlement, but “we have yet to receive Israel’s commitment to implement the full terms of the deal, especially the humanitarian protocol”.

The fragile ceasefire is facing a significant test after Hamas said it would delay the next release of captives scheduled for Saturday, alleging Israel has violated the truce by firing on people in Gaza and not allowing the agreed-upon number of tents, shelters and other vital aid to enter the territory.


Two-state solution key to regional stability: Jordan’s king

Jordan’s King Abdullah II says recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and the implementation of a two-state solution are key to achieving regional stability.

According to a royal court statement, Abdullah reaffirmed “regional stability cannot be achieved without fulfilling the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and the establishment of their independent state on the June 4, 1967, border with East Jerusalem as its capital”.

The king called for “maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and stepping up international efforts to boost humanitarian response” for the war-battered enclave.

He warned of grave consequences for the Israeli escalation in the occupied West Bank, settlement activity, and “violations” of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, the statement said.

Jordan and Egypt are facing mounting US pressure to take in Palestinians after President Donald Trump called for seizing control of Gaza and relocating Palestinians, an idea vehemently rejected by Palestinians and Arab leaders.

Main events on February 12th

Israeli army displaced 85 percent of residents from West Bank’s Tulkarem camp

It seems that the Israeli army is digging deeper in Jenin, in Tulkarem and continuing nightly raids across the occupied West Bank.

What we have been hearing from official sources in Tulkarem, for example, is that this onslaught resulted in the displacement of 85 percent of the residents of its refugee camp, and of a significant portion of the Jenin refugee camp which is now almost unrecognisable in some areas.

This mass displacement is happening while Israeli military officials are telling, for example, the Palestinian business bureau in Jenin that their plan is to completely change the geography of the camp, and that there will be some areas where return will simply not be possible because they will be torn down.

Everybody else in the occupied West Bank is looking at this, watching and waiting for their turn because that is what they are being promised by Israel.

Israel claims to have killed more than 60 fighters in three weeks in West Bank

The Israeli military says more than 60 “terrorists have been eliminated” in the northern West Bank since the start of its operations three weeks ago.

It said in a report that 210 “wanted individuals” were arrested; “terrorist infrastructure” at about 30 sites, including buildings, were destroyed; 85 weapons were confiscated; and 14 air strikes were launched.

The Israeli army said its soldiers killed three Palestinian fighters in close-range combat in the Nur Shams refugee camp on Wednesday and it will continue to “work to thwart terrorism” throughout the occupied Palestinian territory.

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All that for 85 weapons confiscated... And what do they consider weapons. (In Gaza that includes tent poles)

At least 380 Palestinians arrested during Israeli military operation in West Bank: Prisoners group

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) reports that at least 380 people have been arrested by Israeli forces since the start of their large-scale military operations in the occupied West Bank after the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19.

“Israeli occupation authorities continue to escalate their arrests and field interrogations, especially in the northern West Bank governorates, in places like Jenin and its camp, Tulkarem and Tubas,” the Ramallah-based group said in a statement.

At least 150 Palestinians have been arrested in Jenin over the past 24 days with at least 125 taken in by Israeli soldiers during an 18-day siege of Tulkarem, according to the PPS. It recorded at least 100 arrests in Tubas over 17 days.

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Israeli settlers kidnap Palestinian; soldiers arrest two in West Bank: Report

A group of Israeli settlers have stormed the agricultural cooperative village of al-Awsaj north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.

They kidnapped a Palestinian man and took him to an unknown location, according to Eid Brahma, the director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, who informed the Wafa news agency.

Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian man from Jiftlik north of Jericho while he was herding sheep. Soldiers present at the Karameh crossing also detained a high school student from the city of Bethlehem while he was returning from Jordan.

Israeli military says car bombed in West Bank’s Jenin packed with explosives

The Israeli military has confirmed launching an attack on a parked vehicle in Jenin in the occupied West Bank as part of its weeks-long operation there.

It said forces from the Egoz commando unit located a car filled with explosives. It released footage of a small drone dropping a bomb on the car. No injuries were reported.

The Israeli army also confirmed arresting more than 90 Palestinians this week in the occupied territory, calling all of them “terrorists”.

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Translation: A vehicle caught fire after being bombed by the occupation forces in the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin

Packed full of explosives? So why are there no signs of anything exploding from the van, it looks like it just burned down.

More food, fuel comes in, but Gaza awaits medicine, heavy machinery

Since we arrived at this location in southern Gaza, we’ve seen more trucks carrying supplies coming in. These are inside cardboard boxes and carry stuff that are complementary to those that have come in during the past week.

Five fuel trucks have also come in since we arrived. But some much-needed supplies, including medication that is needed to save the lives of many patients are still not coming in.

We’re not seeing any of the heavy equipment and machinery, including trucks and bulldozers, or any mobile homes coming in from the border. They are on the other side of the borders and waiting for Israeli security clearance, which has not come yet.

These heavy machines are needed before the mobile homes and trailers and caravans, because they need to clear much of the rubble across Gaza, particularly in the north.

In Rafah, as well, many of the roads are still blocked by mountains of rubble that need to be cleared.

Eyes on Arab plan on Gaza amid Trump threats

Adnan Hayajneh, professor of international relations and US foreign policy at Qatar University, says that both sides in the Gaza conflict will be winners as the ceasefire deal appears to be back on track.

All sides must now be focused on coming up with plans for the reconstruction of Gaza, Hayajneh told Al Jazeera, but the professor said he is not sure that can happen immediately, considering the remarks by US and Israeli leaders.

“The Saudis are leading the Arab world and everybody is waiting for them, including Jordan and Syria and Egypt, to introduce a plan,” Hayajneh said, adding that a meeting between Arab leaders is expected soon.

“They will be thinking about what to do about Gaza and this will be introduced as a counterplan to Trump’s proposal,” he added.

He said it remains unclear what Trump wants to do with the second and third phases of the agreement.

“Trump has bluntly said he will move Palestinians from Gaza to other countries and Netanyahu has suggested Saudi Arabia. This annoyed most of the countries because it is against the principle of the two-state solution and the peace process.”


_{Cars and pedestrians move along a road amid widespread destruction caused by the Israeli military’s ground and air offensive against Hamas in Gaza City’s Jabalia refugee camp}

UN experts urge Israel to stop killing civilians returning to south Lebanon

United Nations experts are calling on Israel to respect the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, urging Tel Aviv to immediately end housing demolitions, ensure the safety of civilians returning to their homes, and fully withdraw its military from the south of Lebanon.

“We are gravely concerned about the continuing toll on civilians in Lebanon. Within 60 days of the ceasefire coming into force, at least 57 civilians have been killed, and 260 properties have been destroyed,” the experts said in a statement.

The ceasefire agreement, which came into effect on November 27, required Israeli troops to withdraw completely from South Lebanon within 60 days.

“We are outraged that the killing of civilians and the systematic destruction of housing, agricultural land, and other critical infrastructure in South Lebanon have continued during the ceasefire agreement,” the experts said.

“Israel’s military actions have precipitated a humanitarian crisis, prolonged by attacks that prevent durable solutions to displacement. These violations of international human rights and humanitarian law must end immediately,” they added.

Yemen’s Houthis threaten US, Israel if Gaza attacked

Yemen’s Houthis will immediately take military action if the US and Israel attack Gaza, according to the group’s leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi.

He said in a televised speech that the Houthis would monitor the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza and “immediately move militarily if the Americans and Israelis move, based on the tyrant Trump’s threat, to attack the Gaza Strip on Saturday or before or after it”.

“I call on the [Houthi] armed forces to be ready for military intervention if the criminal Trump carries out his threat [to displace Palestinians from Gaza],” he added.

US sanctions ICC’s top prosecutor Karim Khan

The US State Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Karim Khan.

The move comes after US President Donald Trump last week ordered asset freezes and travel bans on ICC officials for issuing arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Ministry Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Mediators seem to have succeeded in pushing Gaza warring sides to commit to ceasefire deal

Muhanad Seloom, assistant professor of critical security studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, says that “it seems that the mediators have succeeded in averting a crisis between the Israeli government and Palestinians”.

He also said that it seemed like Israel would accept the release of just three captives in Gaza on Saturday. Seloom was also cautiously optimistic about the ceasefire agreement holding.

“It is obviously a very fragile agreement, the situation is developing on the ground and Israel might flip at some point and they might change their mind but so far it looks like the mediators have succeeded in pushing both sides to commit to the deal,” he said.

“There are no details on what is coming next, but according to the initial agreement the phase two will witness the exchange of more hostages and an agreement to a permanent ceasefire,” he added.

Hamas says mediators assure Israel remains committed to the ceasefire deal

Senior Hamas official Basem Naim has told Al Jazeera that the group has agreed to release Israeli captives this weekend as scheduled after assurances from the mediators Egypt and Qatar that Israel is committed to all aspects of the ceasefire agreement, including moving to the second phase of the deal.

“We also insisted that we are still committed and ready to comply with the agreement if the Israelis can show a seriousness in implementing [the deal],” he said.

Earlier this week, Hamas postponed the release of captives on Saturday, citing Israeli violations of the deal, but said on Thursday that they would free them as scheduled under the agreement.

Naim defended the postponement – saying that Israel has blocked essential humanitarian aid and killed at least 25 Palestinians since the truce took effect – but said Hamas now expects to see more tents, caravans and heavy machinery entering the Strip.

But Naim said that Donald Trump’s recent pronouncements on Gaza, including a plan to ethnically cleanse the Strip of Palestinians, is complicating the situation.

“[Trump’s plan is not for] security, and stability and prosperity in the region, but more escalations and turmoil in the region by the forceful expulsion of two million Palestinians,” he said. “This is immoral. It is a crime against humanity and ethnic cleansing. Palestinians are not ready to leave their homeland.”

Denmark pledges additional support for UNRWA

Denmark has pledged to provide additional support of 10.2 million kroner ($1.4m) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), adding that its annual contribution of 105 million kroner ($14.7m) to the UN agency’s budget will be disbursed immediately rather than divided over the year.

In a statement, the Danish government said extra contributions will be used to enhance the internal reform process of UNRWA as well as to support its work.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said enhanced funding is a sign of his country’s support for the UN agency’s work.

UNRWA has been providing support to Palestinian refugees throughout the Middle East for more than 70 years, but on October 28, the Israeli Knesset banned its activities in Israel and areas under Israeli control.

Lebanon rejects Israeli forces remaining in five southern locations after February 18

Lebanon’s parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, says Beirut rejects Israel’s demand to remain in five locations in the south after next week’s deadline to fully implement a fragile ceasefire.

The US, a key mediator, “informed me that the Israeli occupation will withdraw from villages it still occupies on February 18, but it will remain in five points,” Hezbollah ally Berri said in a statement.

“I informed them in my name and on behalf of President General Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Judge Nawaf Salam of our absolute rejection” of this proposal, he wrote.

Israel destroys several sites in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military said it has destroyed several sites in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah.

A military statement alleged that the sites housed missile stockpiles, rockets, mortar shells, grenades, explosives, and firearms.

“During additional scans, concealed hideouts and multiple-barrel launchers aimed at Israeli territory were located,” the army said.

A fragile ceasefire has been in place since November 27, ending months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that had escalated into a full-scale conflict last September.

Under the ceasefire deal, Israel was supposed to complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by January 26, but the deadline was extended to February 18 after Israel refused to comply.

As the new deadline approaches, Israel has signalled further delays. On Wednesday, the military said that it was “extending the implementation period of the agreement,” without providing a new timeline.

Lebanese officials have rejected extending the deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon.

France proposes plan to speed up Israeli troop withdrawal from Lebanon

France has put together a proposal for UN peacekeepers, including French troops, to replace Israeli forces at key points by a February 18 deadline, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot says.

On Wednesday, Israel’s public broadcaster Kan said the US had authorised a “long-term” Israeli troop presence in southern Lebanon after sources told the Reuters news agency Israel had sought an extension to a February 18 deadline to withdraw its forces from the area.

Under a truce brokered by Washington in November, Israeli troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon, where they had waged a ground offensive against fighters from the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah since early October.

Hezbollah combatants were to leave the zone, and Lebanese troops were to deploy in the area within the same period.

“We have worked to formulate a proposal that can satisfy the security expectations of Israel, which planned to stay longer at certain points on the Blue Line,” Barrot told reporters after a conference on Syria in Paris.

He said the proposal would see UN peacekeepers, including French forces, substituting Israeli forces at observation points. The UN has backed the idea, he said.