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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Feb. 26 said he has submitted his offer of resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas. (Video: Reuters)

As cease-fire talks continue in Qatar, Palestinian Authority president accepts cabinet resignations

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of his prime minister and cabinet Monday, according to the president’s office, opening the door for a new technocratic administration. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said new “political arrangements” were necessary to achieve “inter-Palestinian consensus.” The United States and Arab allies have been seeking to revitalize the governing body in hopes it can take on a role in Gaza following the war.

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The Israel Defense Forces presented the War Cabinet with a plan for evacuating people from “areas of fighting” in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli prime minister’s office’s said Monday. It also said it proposed a plan for providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza in a way that will prevent the continuation of looting.
An Israeli delegation left for Doha, Qatar, to take part in discussions on a deal to pause fighting in Gaza and release more hostages, the prime minister’s office said Monday. A Western diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the negotiations, described the discussions as “lower-level technical talks.”
On Monday, Israel filed a response to the International Court of Justice outlining its compliance with a legally binding order to take measures to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, according to Reuters. The ICJ ruling, issued Jan. 26, gave Israel one month to comply.
“Very little” aid has entered the Gaza Strip in February, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said, noting a 50 percent reduction in delivered supplies compared with January.
An active-duty airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy on Sunday to protest U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza has died, a D.C. police spokesman said Monday morning.
At least 29,782 people have been killed in Gaza and 70,043 injured since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and says 240 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.
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The Israel Defense Forces presented the War Cabinet with a plan for evacuating people from “areas of fighting” in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli prime minister’s office’s said Monday. It also said it proposed a plan for providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza in a way that will prevent the continuation of looting.
An Israeli delegation left for Doha, Qatar, to take part in discussions on a deal to pause fighting in Gaza and release more hostages, the prime minister’s office said Monday. A Western diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the negotiations, described the discussions as “lower-level technical talks.”
On Monday, Israel filed a response to the International Court of Justice outlining its compliance with a legally binding order to take measures to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, according to Reuters. The ICJ ruling, issued Jan. 26, gave Israel one month to comply.
“Very little” aid has entered the Gaza Strip in February, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said, noting a 50 percent reduction in delivered supplies compared with January.
An active-duty airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy on Sunday to protest U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza has died, a D.C. police spokesman said Monday morning.
At least 29,782 people have been killed in Gaza and 70,043 injured since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and says 240 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.
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Israel-Gaza war: Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh offered the resignation of the government ahead of a cabinet meeting on Monday. Meanwhile, officials negotiating Gaza cease-fire talks have tentatively agreed to the “basic contours” of a deal.

Middle East conflict: Tensions in the region continue to rise. As Israeli troops aim to take control of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing, officials in Cairo warn that the move would undermine the 1979 peace treaty. Meanwhile, there’s a diplomatic scramble to avert full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon.

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