The United Nations condemns the attack on the population of Gaza by Israeli forces, which killed 112 and wounded 760.
When Israeli forces attacked a relief pick-up point in Gaza City in the early hours of February 29, the Gaza health department said the death toll had risen to 112 and another 760 injured. However, the Israeli side claimed that it was the violent gathering of Gaza people around the rescue trucks, and some people approached the Israeli soldiers in a threatening manner, that the latter opened fire in response. UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement on the same day, expressing shock and condemnation of the attack on Gaza City. The United Nations Security Council also held an emergency closed-door meeting at 5 a.m. Beijing time on March 1 to discuss the attack in Gaza City. Palestinian ** Abbas described the Israeli army's attack on Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid as "ugly big".
The U.S. Secretary of Defense said more than 250,000 Gaza women and children were killed by Israeli troops, US Department of Defense: The number of dead and wounded in Gaza cannot be verified.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a congressional hearing on February 29 that since the outbreak of the new Israeli-Kazakh conflict, there have been more than 250,000 Palestinian women and children were killed by Israeli forces. Austin believes Israel can and should do more to protect civilians in Gaza. The U.S. Department of Defense later clarified that the figures cited by Austin were the total number of Palestinian deaths published by the Gaza health department, which the U.S. could not verify. A spokesman for the US Department of Defense said that too many civilians have been killed in Israeli military operations and reiterated the need to protect civilians.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) issued an article criticizing the United States: The United States can no longer be allowed to "feast and have fun" with the world as food
On 1 March, the DPRK News Agency published a commentary entitled "The United States Can No Longer Be Allowed to Be Satisfied." The article points out that the so-called "table menu" theory recently made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Munich Security Conference is inferior and vulgar, exposing that the United States is pursuing an international order that is entirely based on the law of survival in the animal world and the "logic of strength," and has once again made the world clearly understand that the so-called "rules-based world order" of the United States is the "law of the jungle" of the jungle. Talking about the current chaotic situation in the Middle East, the article points out that an article recently published in the US "New York Times" compared the United States to a lion and the Middle Eastern countries to "parasitic wasps" and "caterpillars," and advocated that in order to "kill parasitic wasps," the United States needs to "burn down the entire jungle." This indisputably proves that the United States does not hesitate to use the entire Middle East as a scapegoat in order to realize its ambition of domination. The article points out that the United States regards Palestine and other countries as "food" on the menu for itself to feast and enjoy at the table, and this kind of world outlook and hegemonist foreign policy of the jungle is intolerable in the era of human civilization. The article concludes by calling for the United States to no longer allow the United States to "feast and enjoy" the world as food.
Taiwan's "Coast Guard" held its 11th closed-door meeting with the mainland.
In response to the collision of a mainland fishing boat on 14 February, Taiwan's "Coast Guard" and relevant mainland figures held two closed-door meetings on 29 February. The meeting lasted about 40 minutes, but neither side explained the details of the communication. After the mainland personnel left, the "Coast Guard," *, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and other relevant units of the Taiwan side continued to hold secret talks for more than two hours, and at 6:30 p.m., the staff members also sent lunch boxes to the conference room. It is understood that the relevant personnel reported the content of the discussion with the mainland side to their superiors via video. As for the progress of the investigation of the case, the Kinmen District Prosecutor's Office said that at present, it has nothing to explain to the outside world under active investigation.
International evaluation agency: China's soft power growth rate ranks first in the world, ranking among the top three in the world, surpassing Japan and Germany.
Brand Finance, an international authoritative brand value evaluation agency, released the "2024 Global Soft Power Index Report" on February 29. China has seen the most significant growth in national soft power, surpassing Japan and Germany to become the top three in the world, with the United States and the United Kingdom defending their top two. China's growth rate is the highest in the world. Haigh, the chief executive of Brand Finance, said that the gap between China and the UK in the soft power index is very small, and China is likely to surpass the UK next year. Delegates from many countries believe that we should actively promote the communication and exchange opportunities brought by soft power, drive economic vitality, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
*: Phoenix TV Information Channel.
Editor: Wonsan.