Families would ordinarily break the daily sunrise-to-sundown fast with holiday feasts, but even where food is available, there is little beyond canned goods, and the prices are too high for many. Read more
Biden said the Gaza death toll is “contrary to what Israel stands for. And I think it’s a big mistake.” Read more
Biden has become increasingly public about his frustration with the Netanyahu’s unwillingness to open more land crossings for critically needed aid for Gaza. Read more
The vessel belonging to Spain’s Open Arms aid group will make a pilot voyage to test the corridor in the coming days. Read more
“Freedom and democracy are under attack both at home and overseas at the very same time,” Biden said as he appealed for Congress to support Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself against Russia’s invasion. “History is watching.” Read more
Through the efforts of family and strangers, Omar was brought out of Gaza and to the United States, where he received treatment, including a prosthetic arm. He spent his days in a house run by a medical charity in New York City, accompanied by his aunt. Read more
There are also “reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing,” said Pramila Patten, who visited Israel and the West Bank from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14 with a nine-member technical team. Read more
The United Nations says one-quarter of Gaza’s 2.3 million people face starvation. Read more
It is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior U.S. administration official said. Talks to reach an agreement were to resume Sunday in Egypt. Read more
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Israel said many of the dead were trampled in a chaotic stampede for food aid and that its troops only fired when they felt endangered by the crowd. Read more
President Joe Biden said today that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week. Read more
The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said today. Read more
President Mahmoud Abbas must still decide whether he accepts Shtayyeh and his government’s resignation. Read more
This is the fourth time that the U.S. and British militaries have conducted a combined operation against the Houthis since Jan. 12. Read more
The U.S. military warned that the ship’s cargo “could spill into the Red Sea and worsen this environmental disaster.” Read more
United Airlines said that it plans to resume flights to Israel in March, reviving a route that was suspended in October 2023 at the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Read more
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining. Read more
In his keynote speech at a conference Japan co-organized with the Ukrainian government and business organizations, Kishida said Japanese public and private cooperation will be a long-term partnership based on inclusivity, humanitarianism as well as technology and knowledge. Read more
They will cost more than $95 million Canadian ($70 million) and are part of a previously announced $500 million Canadian ($370 million) in military help for Ukraine. Read more
Israel’s government has not publicly discussed a timeline for a ground offensive on Rafah, where more than half the enclave’s 2.3 million Palestinians have sought refuge. Retired general Benny Gantz, part of Netanyahu’s three-member War Cabinet, represents an influential voice but not the final word on what might lie ahead. Read more
People in Rafah have grown so desperate for food that they are stopping aid trucks and eating what they manage to get on the spot, according to the United Nations. Read more
