The Gaza convoy deaths and injuries debacle has pushed American President Biden to offer having America doing a food/aid drop from aircraft….
Israel does NOT look good from the situation which has actuations of indiscriminate military fire on unarmed civilian’s trying to get food…
Here’s what we know:
After scores of Palestinians were killed on Thursday as they tried to get food and supplies from an aid convoy, the president said “the United States will do more.”
-
‘You saw the response when they tried to get aid in,’ Biden says.
-
Questions still surround the convoy disaster as clamor grows for a cease-fire.
-
Witnesses describe seeing people shot as Israeli soldiers fired toward crowds surging around aid convoy.
-
News leaders around the world pledge support for journalists covering the war in Gaza.
-
The E.U. says it is sending more funding to U.N. agency for Gaza in the face of ‘terrible conditions.’
-
Condemnations of the aid convoy killings continue to pour in.
-
Israeli military videos provide a limited view of what happened at a deadly scene in Gaza….
…
Feb 29, 2024 – ISW Press
Iranian-backed Iraqi militia attacks targeting US forces has impeded the US-led international campaign to defeat ISIS in recent months, according to the Lead Inspector General’s quarterly report. US advisory forces are deployed to Iraq under Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) at the request of the Iraqi federal government to advise and assist partner forces to “independently maintain the enduring defeat of ISIS.” The Iranian-backed attack campaign targeting US forces has required OIR to divert resources from supporting Iraqi partners to instead address “increased” and “immediate” threats. OIR reported that the redirected resources “hindered momentum” in pursuing OIR’s objectives. The previous OIR quarterly report at the end of 2023 said that Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) already faces deficiencies in fire support, intelligence, logistics, and planning that prevent it from defeating ISIS alone.