War between Israel and Gaza: summary of 02/27/2024 |

Key moments

Key moments

At least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip – a quarter of the population – are “one step away from famine,” Ramesh Rajasingham, director of coordination of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said on Tuesday. acronym in English) to the United Nations Security Council. Rajasingham has also warned that widespread famine is “virtually inevitable” if action is not taken. Hamas, the organization considered terrorist by the EU and the United States that governs in fact Since 2007, Gaza has received a proposal for a 40-day ceasefire for the Strip agreed to in Paris by the US, Qatar and Egypt. The truce would involve the handover of some 40 hostages kidnapped by the militia in exchange for Israel’s release of some 400 Palestinian prisoners. The pause in fighting – it would be the second since the war began on October 7 – would also include the repair of hospitals and bakeries and the entry of 500 trucks a day with humanitarian aid.