Archived Antiwar.com News from February 28, 2024

News

Updated February 28, 2024 - 9:00 PM EST

67% of US Voters Favor Permanent Gaza Ceasefire

		*Israel, Hamas: Biden Spoke Too Soon About Potential Hostage Deal*
		*Hezbollah Would Halt Fire on Israel if Ceasefire Reached in Gaza*

Egypt Threatens Group That Reported Sinai Camps

		*Biden Memo Was to Avert Oversight of Support for Israel*
		*US Official Admits Only 85 Aid Trucks Entering Gaza Per Day*
		*Two Babies Die of Malnutrition in Northern Gaza Amid Israeli Siege*

NATO Chief: No Plans for Combat Troops in Ukraine

Yellen Wants Frozen Russian Bank Funds to Be Given to Ukraine

Senate Grills US Officials Over New Yemen War

Viewpoints

	CIA in Ukraine: Is This Not a Provocation? by Mark Episkopos
	Israeli Claim of 'Systematic Rape' By Hamas Relies on Debunked Reports by Max Blumenthal

	Desperate for Peace: From Libya to Gaza by Ashraf Nubani
	Japan-Russia Relationship Is US-Russia Relationship by Reiho Takeuchi
More Viewpoints

What Really Happened in Avdiivka?
by Ted Snider

Frontline

	US Army Cutting Force by 24,000 in Major Restructuring
	UN Says Israeli Forces Stalled Evacuation Convoy, Forced Paramedics to Strip
	One Quarter of Gaza's People One Step Away From Famine, UN Says

Gaza

	Every Child in Gaza Faces Starvation
	Nagham Abu Samra: Palestine Karate Champion, Victim of Israel's War on Gaza
	'Unjustified Tragedy' – Journalists Commemorate Colleagues Killed in Gaza
	Hamas Says Leaked Gaza Truce Proposal Doesn't Meet Its Demands
	Palestinian Authority Accelerating Plan to Govern Gaza Day After War: Analysts
	Gaza Residents Fear Possible Truce Would Only Pause, Not Stop, the War
	Hamas Rep. in Lebanon Says Paris Draft Leak Part of US Op
	Inside the Democratic Rebellion Against Biden Over the Gaza War
	Military Know-How Gleaned From Gaza War to Help Israeli Business, Says Minister
	Watch: Surreal Images as Humanitarian Air Drop Over Gaza Falls Into Sea

Israel/Palestine

	What Is Israel's Military Censor, 'Restricting War Coverage'
	Israel Holds Municipal Elections; War on Gaza Affects Turnout and Mood
	Yellen: Israel Resuming Revenue Transfers to Palestinian Authority
	Israel Troops Kill Three Palestinians in West Bank Raid
	Israel Says China's Support for 'Right to Self-Defense' May Be Seen as Support for Oct. 7
	US Treasury Head Claims Israel to Unfreeze PA Funds
	Yellen Presses Netanyahu to Take Steps to Prevent Collapse of West Bank Economy
	Palestinian Coalition Calls for 'Total Energy Embargo' on Israel
	Reports Confirm Months of Israeli Torture, Abuse, Sexual Violence Against Palestinian Prisoners
	Hamas Blames US for Death of 'Heroic' Airman Aaron Bushnell
	Netanyahu, Responding to Biden, Says Israel's War Stand Has Wide US Support

Lebanon

	Hostilities Mount on Lebanon Border as Hezbollah and Israel Swap Strikes
	Lebanon's UNIFIL Says Escalation Between Israel and Hezbollah Puts at Risk Solution to Conflict
	Hezbollah Says It Fired 'Large Volley' of Rockets at Israeli Surveillance Base
	Analysts: Lebanon Bracing for More Deadly Conflict With Israel

Middle East

	Saudi Arabia Puts 7 Men to Death in Largest Execution in Years
	Four Charged With Transporting Iranian-Made Weapons Appear in US Court

Egypt

	Egypt Warns of 'Catastrophic Repercussions' if Israeli Attacks Rafah
	After Five Months of War, Egypt Airdrops Aid Into Gaza
	US Blacklists Canada's Sandvine for Technology Targeting Egyptian Activists

Ukraine

	Ukraine Names New Head of Anti-Corruption Watchdog
	Ukraine Withdraws From Two Villages Near Avdiivka, Military Says

Russia

	Denmark's Nord Stream Probe Finds Sabotage, Not Enough Grounds for Case
	Russia Orders Halt on Petrol Exports
	Russian Activist Oleg Orlov Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

United Kingdom

	Sixth Alleged Russian Spy To Be Charged in UK
	UK Home Secretary: You've Made Your Point – Now End Gaza Protests
	Palestine Groups Stunned by Calls for UK Gaza Protest Limits

Europe

	Greece Says It's Hoping to Nudge Ally Armenia's Alliances Westward
	Czechs, Poles Not Considering Troops for Ukraine
	Germany Confirms Probe Into Former Lebanon Central Bank Chief Salameh
	Breaking Down $1.3 Trillion in NATO Defense Spending
	Poland Mulls Wider Ban on Ukrainian Food Imports as Farmers Warn of More Protests
	Two Serbs Sentenced Over an Attack on NATO-Led Peacekeepers in Kosovo

Pakistan

	Pakistan Indicts Jailed Ex-PM Khan and Wife on Graft Charges
	A Senior Police Officer and Two Wanted Pakistani Taliban Members Were Killed in a Shootout, Police Say
	Pakistani Journalist Arrested for Social Posts Against Government Officials

Asia

	Philippine Air Force Receives C-130H Cargo Plane From US
	China Urges Largest Nuclear States To Negotiate a 'No-First-Use' Treaty
	Canada Rejects Kabul's Request to Control Afghan Embassy in Ottawa

The War at Home

	8,000+ Soldiers Tested in Large-Scale Combat in Alaska
	US Army Guard Grounds Helicopter Fleet After Two Crashes in Two Weeks
	Air Force Member Who Died Protesting for Palestine Remembered During Vigil
	Raytheon and Israeli Defense Company, Rafael, Start Missile Factory Construction in Arkansas
	Activists Indicted Over Protest at New Hampshire Office of Israeli Defense Company

Latin America

	Jair Bolsonaro Is Under Investigation in Brazil for Allegedly Harassing a Whale Off Sao Paulo
	Two Mayoral Hopefuls of a Mexican City Are Shot Dead Within Hours of Each Other