US is sending $1 billion more in weapons and ammunition to Israel, congressional aides say
The package disclosed on Tuesday includes about $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, the congressional aides said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an arms transfer that has not yet been made public.
UN assembly approves resolution that grants Palestine new rights, revives its UN membership bid
It also demonstrated growing support for the Palestinians. A General Assembly resolution on October 27 calling for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza was approved 120-14 with 45 abstentions. That was just weeks after Israel launched its military offensive in response to Hamas’ October 7 attack in southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people.
Biden administration comes down hard on Israel as US accuses ally of violating international law
The State Department’s report included contradictions: It listed numerous credible reports of civilian harm and said Israel did not at first cooperate with Washington to boost humanitarian assistance to the enclave. But in each instance it said it could not make a definitive assessment whether any breaches of law had occurred.
UN worried over aid flow as Israel pushes assault into Rafah that’s forced US to hold back military support
Israeli tanks have already sealed off eastern Rafah from the south, capturing and shutting the only crossing between the enclave and Egypt. An advance on Friday to the Salahuddin road that bisects the Gaza Strip completed the encirclement of the “red zone” where they have ordered residents out.
Hamas says it accepted Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal Israel rejected and vowed to go on with attacks
President Joe Biden spoke with Netanyahu and reiterated US concerns about an invasion of Rafah. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said American officials were reviewing the Hamas response “and discussing it with our partners in the region.”
Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’ after Hamas rejected latest ceasefire offer in Cairo talks
Israel didn’t send a delegation to the latest talks. Egyptian state media reported that the Hamas delegation went for discussions in Qatar, where the group has a political office, and will return to Cairo for further negotiations on Tuesday.
UN humanitarian agency estimates 10,000 people are buried under rubble in Gaza
Nearly all of the 600,000 children now sheltering in the southern border city of Rafah are “injured, sick or malnourished”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief said in a video post on X on Wednesday.
PM Netanyahu on edge as International Criminal Court turns searchlight on Israeli crimes in Gaza
Without a police force, the ICC relies on member states to arrest suspects, which has proven to be a major obstacle to prosecutions. Netanyahu said on Friday on the social platform X that Israel “will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defence.”
Gaza hospital staff questioned by ICC war crimes prosecutors as World Court probes Israeli crimes
In recent days, Palestinian officials have also demanded investigations after hundreds of bodies were exhumed in mass graves at Nasser. The two sources were not able to say whether such graves formed part of any questioning.
Senior Hamas official says group is willing to lay down arms in exchange for Palestinian independence
Speaking to the AP in Istanbul, Al-Hayya said Hamas wants to join the Palestine Liberation Organization, headed by the rival Fatah faction, to form a unified government for Gaza and the West Bank. He said Hamas would accept “a fully sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the return of Palestinian refugees in accordance with the international resolutions,” along Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
