Archived Antiwar.com News from February 21, 2024

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Updated February 21, 2024 - 9:10 PM EST

Israel Working to Cut the Gaza Strip Into Two

		*US Vetoes Another Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at the UN*
		*Israel Further Limits Aid Into Gaza, Leading to More Starving Children*
		*Settlers Burn Through West Bank Village Under Army Protection*

Biden To Impose 'Major' Sanctions on Russia

Lockheed Martin to Increase Production of HIMARS by 60%

UK High Court Hears Assange's Request for Appeal

Israeli Airstrike on Residential Building in Syria Kills Two

US Confirms Houthis Struck Two US-Owned Cargo Ships

US May Have Killed Two Cuban Doctors in Somalia

Viewpoints

	Israel Is Assaulting Hospitals in Gaza With Full US Support by Kathy Kelly
	US Deceptions at the Heart of Assange Case by Cathy Vogan

	Biden Knows Putin Killed Alexei Navalny by Ted Snider
	Don't Spare the Billions by Eric Margolis
More Viewpoints

We Didn't Forget You: US to Send 5 Aircraft Carriers to the Pacific
by Daniel Larison

Frontline

	Israeli Forces Kill, Wound Palestinians Waiting for Food Aid in Gaza
	Sudan War Sends Malnutrition Rates Up Across the Region: WFP
	Russia Denies US Reports Moscow Plans to Put Nuclear Weapons in Space

Gaza

	UN Agencies Warn of 'Explosion' in Gaza Child Deaths
	Qatar Says Hamas Confirms Receipt of Medical Supplies for Gaza Hostages
	Israeli Military Publication Dropped on Rafah Accuses Hamas of 'Stealing Aid'
	Palestinians Describe Terrifying and Chaotic Flight From Gaza Hospital
	Looting in Gaza Halts UN Aid Amid Warnings Over Trapped Patients
	Report Disputes Israel Claims About Al-Ahli Hospital Bombing
	The UK's Prince William Appeals for an End to the Fighting in Gaza as Soon as Possible
	UK's Labour Party Calls for 'Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire' in Gaza
	UN Agency Halting Food Deliveries to Northern Gaza, Citing Increasing Chaos
	'More Than 180 Patients Still Inside' – Who Gains Access to Nasser Hospital Amid Israeli Siege
	Israeli Offensive Would Turn Rafah Into a 'Graveyard': MSF

Israel/Palestine

	Pretoria Says Israel 'Apartheid' Against Palestinians Worse Than in South Africa
	Israel Has 'Gone Too Far' in Self-Defense, Says UK Shadow Health Secretary
	Palestinian Women and Girls Raped and Sexually Assaulted in Israeli Detention, UN Experts Say
	Beatings, Theft, and Murder: the Day Israeli Soldiers Came to Gaza's Yarmouk Stadium
	Seeking Local Production, Israel to Buy New Assault Rifles
	Pro-Israel Group Targets Post Reporter
	Erasing the Evidence – Facebook, Instagram Remove Palestinian Documentary as Soon as It Was Released
	Security Minister Gantz's Party Threatens To Veto Bill Allowing Ben Gvir to Censor Foreign Media
	US Envoy to Visit Egypt, Israel for Hostage Talks, Official Says
	Finance Minister Smotrich Says Bringing Hostages Home 'Not the Most Important Thing,' Sparking Outcry
	Netanyahu Says Israel Won't 'Pay Any Price' for Release of Gaza Hostages

Lebanon

	Israel Attacks New Sites in Southern Lebanon
	IDF: Drone Launched From Lebanon by Hezbollah Crashed in Backyard of Home Near Acre

Iraq

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: 20 Killed
	Tension Grips Iraq's Babylon Province After Sadrist Activist Killed

Yemen

	Yemeni Fishermen Bleed Money in Red Sea 'Death Trap'
	French Navy Downs Two Drones Over Red Sea

United States

	SpaceX Forges Closer Ties With US Spy and Military Agencies
	Dems Face New Divisions Over Gaza War

Ukraine

	Ukraine Premier Expects New US Aid To Come Through
	Ukraine PM Calls for Long-Range Missiles To Fight Back Russia
	Hundreds of Ukrainian Soldiers Are Missing
	Ukraine Seeks To Expand Military 'Drone Coalition' With Allies
	Ukraine Military Dismisses Russian Claim To Hold Village in Southern Kherson Region
	North Korean Missile Used in Ukraine Was Packed Full of US Parts

Russia

	Russia Arrests Dual US Citizen for Ukraine-Linked 'Treason'
	Russia Adds Lindsey Graham to List of 'Terrorists'
	X Says It Will Update Spam Filters After Mistakenly Suspending Navalny's Widow

Poland

	Polish Farmers Block Ukraine's Border as They Intensify Protests Against Non-EU Imports
	Poland and Weapons Maker Northrop Grumman Sign Deal Worth About $75 Million

Europe

	Estonia Detains 10 People Suspected of Committing Sabotage on Orders From Russia
	France in Efforts to Reduce Tension in the South of Lebanon
	Opposition Protesters Hurl Petrol Bombs at Albania Govt Building
	Hungary Ready to Approve Sweden's NATO Accession on Monday
	Sweden Donates Another $680 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine

DR Congo

	UN Sanctions Six DR Congo Rebels as Fighting in East Escalates
	DR Congo PM Lukonde Resigns, Presidency Says
	Congolese Protest Against West, Rwanda in DR Congo City of Goma

Africa

	Egypt's Suez Canal Revenue Shrinks by Almost Half
	Military Leaders Dissolve Government in Guinea
	Senegal Leaves Presidential Election List Mainly Unchanged

Asia

	Pakistan's Largest Parties Strike Deal on Coalition Government
	Papua New Guinea PM Says Tribal Bloodshed Was 'Domestic Terrorism'
	Philippines Joint Air Patrol With US on Monday Was To 'Protect Territory'
	US Air Force Knows What Failed on Osprey in Crash in Japan, but Still Doesn't Know Why

Latin America

	Chile Reopens Inquiry Into Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda's 1973 Death
	Colombia Could Restart Bombing Campaigns Against Armed Groups: Defense Minister
	Drug Trial of Honduras Ex-President Begins in New York
	El Salvador's Bukele Wins Supermajority in Congress After Painstaking Vote Count
	Wife of Haiti's Assassinated President Accused of Complicity in His Killing
	Venezuela Receives First Russia Urals Cargo in Five Years