/LIVE TEXT/ War in Ukraine, day 765: Massive attack and 5-year-old child, injured. A Russian military plane crashed into the sea

War in Israel day 175. The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas appointed a new prime minister and approved the composition of the Government. He wants a reunification of the institutions, a reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and a coordinator for the enclave. Mahmoud Abbas signed a presidential decree appointing the Prime Minister of the 19th Government of the Palestinian Authority. Mohammed Mustafa is to be sworn in before the president on Sunday, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

UPDATE Israel is currently expanding a buffer zone in Gaza adjacent to the border fence, significantly expanding the area declared by the military as a Palestinian no-go zone before the war, Haaretz found. The Israeli newspaper said it had learned that a project director had been appointed by the military to oversee the project. Upon completion, it will comprise approximately 16% of the area of ​​the Gaza Strip.

UPDATE Israeli airstrikes hit the Saad bin Abi Waqqas Mosque in the Jabalia refugee camp, Al Jazeera correspondents confirmed, injuring two Palestinians. The strikes also caused a fire to break out in an appliance store in the camp in the early hours of the morning.

UPDATE A temporary port from which aid ships will be sent to civilians in Gaza will be operational in April. The announcement was made by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, citing an American delegation, dpa reports. President Joe Biden announced on March 8 that the US military and its partners will build a floating dock on the coast of the Gaza Strip. The port will mainly consist of a temporary jetty that should allow trucks to deliver humanitarian aid daily. The measure is necessary because Gaza does not have a port deep enough to allow the entry of large cargo ships.

UPDATE Palestinian journalists working in Gaza have inspired street art in the UK, with the latest mural appearing in the Ilford area of ​​east London. Painted by street artists Auberi Chen, Core 246 and Captain Kris, the large mural “Heroes of Palestine” features, from left to right, Palestinian photographers Mohamed al-Masri and Ali Jaddalah, writer Hind Khoudary and photographer Abdelhakim Abu Riash.

UPDATE The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued new provisional measures targeting Israel. The ICJ ordered the Israeli state to deliver aid and open border points, in the context of the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip. Military operations in the area endanger the lives of civilians here. The Court issued these measures following a new request, from March 6, by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the war in the Gaza Strip.

UPDATE Japan is preparing to resume funding to the crisis-hit UN Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA), which coordinates the vast majority of aid to Gaza, according to the government. Once the agency’s sixth-largest contributor, Japan joined more than a dozen countries in cutting off funding after Israel alleged that 12 of UNRWA’s 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the deadly Hamas attack on 7 October.

UPDATE Attacks by the Israeli army and unnamed armed groups on the Syrian city of Aleppo have killed at least 38 civilians and soldiers, a figure that includes five members of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, Reuters news agency confirmed, citing two security sources.