The meeting comes as President Joe Biden, Harris and other senior administration officials have become increasingly blunt about their dissatisfaction with the mounting death toll in Gaza and suffering of innocent Palestinians
Talks resume in Cairo, and the issue of hostages is the main stumbling block. According to Hamas, 15 children have now died of starvation or dehydration in the Gaza Strip
The trip by Benny Gantz, a centrist political rival who joined Netanyahu’s hard-line government early in the war following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, comes amid deep disagreements between Netanyahu and President Joe Biden
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The Israeli government calls what happened a ‘tragedy’ and points to a stampede and hit-and-runs by Gazan drivers, while the Palestinian Authority speaks of an ‘atrocious massacre’
Relatives and friends of the more than 130 people being held in the Strip are demanding that Israeli authorities prioritize an agreement to bring them home
Donald Trump has comfortably won the Republican battle in the key swing state, but Nikki Haley has vowed to stay in the race
In Qatar, the Islamist group is considering a proposal for a six-week truce to exchange 40 Israeli hostages for the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners and an increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip
Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned since 2002 and accused of promoting a third intifada, is capable of bringing together the different political factions in Gaza and the West Bank
The announcement paves the way for the formation of a government of technocrats, along the lines of reforms that the United States envisages for the post-war future of the enclave
The Netanyahu government continues to support violent Jews occupying Palestine despite international sanctions against them, according to the United Nations and human rights organizations
The move signals a willingness by the Western-backed Palestinian leadership to accept a shake-up that might usher in reforms sought by the United States
The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy calls on member states to increase and accelerate aid to Ukraine
Half a million people are in the most serious phase of malnutrition, especially in the north of the territory, where some families make bread with animal feed, due to the lack of flour
Israeli media reported that mediators were making progress on an agreement for a cease-fire and release of dozens of hostages held in Gaza as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel
Netanyahu announced that he’ll convene the Cabinet early next week to ‘approve the operational plans for action in Rafah,’ including the evacuation of civilians, despite widespread warnings from the international community
Two legal processes underway are trying to determine whether a genocide is being committed in Gaza
It was the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The vote in the 15-member Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining
Six days of hearings are scheduled at the International Court of Justice, during which an unprecedented number of countries will participate, as Israel continues its devastating assault on Gaza
The Munich Security Conference has shone a spotlight on the international community’s failure to act as the suffering of Gaza civilians worsens
An airstrike in Rafah overnight killed six people, including a woman and three children, and another strike killed five men in Khan Younis, the main target of the offensive over the past two months
The West does not consider that 27,000 deaths are sufficient proof of genocide, yet the mere suspicion of an alleged collaboration by UNRWA officials with Hamas was enough for them to halt funding to this U.N. agency
The raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
Hundreds of forcibly displaced people have left the besieged Nasser medical center in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes returning to the negotiating table conditional on Hamas delivering a new proposal for a ceasefire
The goal of the negotiations with Qatar and Egypt, which have been in talks with Hamas envoys for days, is the six-week cessation of hostilities sought by U.S. President Joe Biden
In its new filing, South Africa said it asked the court to weigh whether Israel’s strikes on Rafah, and its intention to launch a ground offensive, breaches both the U.N. Genocide Convention and preliminary orders handed down by the court last month
Cairo, fearful of a mass expulsion of Palestinians to its territory, has deployed the military near the Strip and reinforced the barriers on the frontier