There is a conflict between the US government and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the post-war situation in Gaza and the creation of a Palestinian state. The Israeli leader has said he is against the creation of a Palestinian state as part of a post-war scenario: Israel will only accept an agreement that would result in the Jewish state gaining security control over the entire Gaza Strip, Netanyahu said at a press conference added that he “told the Americans.” The reaction of the US, which has always supported the “two peoples, two states” solution, was dry and almost immediate: Washington will continue to advocate a two-state solution in the Middle East, Israel and Palestine, the national said White House Security Advisor John Kirby talks to reporters. “There will be a post-conflict Gaza, not a reoccupation of Gaza,” Kirby told reporters aboard Air Force One. Meanwhile, attacks by Houthi militias on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden continue. The leader of the Iran-backed Yemeni militia, Abdul Malik al Houthi, called on the Arab world to organize a mass boycott of Israeli goods and vowed that “attacks on ships linked to Israel will continue.”
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Overnight, the US Army launched another wave of rocket attacks against Houthi-controlled sites: this is the fourth attack in a week directly targeting Houthi positions in Yemen. “The attacks against the Houthis will continue,” confirmed US President Joe Biden.
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Tensions are also very high between Pakistan and Iran: Islamabad launched airstrikes overnight “against anti-Pakistani militant groups” around Saravan, a city in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan, on the border between the two countries. Tehran has had the in recent days Jaish al-Adl group attacked on Pakistani territory, considered “terrorist” by Tehran. The situation in the Gaza Strip remains dramatic. According to Hamas, nearly 25,000 Palestinians have been killed and 61,830 injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. In the last 24 hours, 172 deaths and 326 injuries were registered. At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as telecommunications services in the strip continue to be down. The Israeli army says it is operating on the ground “in the southernmost area where IDF ground forces have operated to date” and is targeting Hamas infrastructure. In Strasbourg, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling for a “permanent ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, but on the condition that all Israeli hostages be released and Hamas finally dismantled. Next Monday, the EU will impose sanctions on Hamas that “target individuals and prohibit money transfers.” It is possible that EU foreign ministers will discuss possible measures against Israeli settlers.