Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45
Palestinian families rushed to hospitals to prepare their dead for burial after a strike late on Sunday night set tents and rickety metal shelters ablaze. Read more
War in the Middle East
Hamas fires missiles at Tel Aviv for the 1st time in months
The Israeli military said eight projectiles were identified crossing from the area of Rafah, the southern tip of the Gaza Strip where Israel kept up operations despite a ruling by the top U.N. court on Friday ordering it to stop attacking the city. Read more
Ceasefire talks could resume soon but Israel-Hamas war rages on
A decision had been taken to resume the talks next week after the chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency met the head of the CIA and the prime minister of Qatar, one official said. Read more
World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza’s Rafah
While the International Court of Justice, or World Court, has no means to enforce its orders, the case was a stark sign of Israel’s global isolation over its campaign in Gaza. Read more
Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza strikes
Israel says it has no choice but to attack Rafah to root out the last battalions of Hamas fighters it believes are sheltering there. Read more
Arab and E.U. ministers to discuss Gaza war, peace efforts
Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will join a regular meeting of foreign ministers from the 27-member EU, said Sven Koopmans, the EU’s special representative for the Middle East peace process. Read more
Blinken urges Egypt to ensure aid is flowing into Gaza
Blinken told a hearing in the House of Representatives that the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza remained closed after Israel’s military seized it on May 7. Read more
Ireland, Spain, Norway announce recognition of Palestinian state
They urged other countries to follow suit. Read more
House Speaker Johnson inviting Netanyahu to address Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters at the Capitol he had given Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer until Tuesday to sign a letter inviting Netanyahu to address a joint meeting. Read more
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Blinken says he’ll work with Congress on potential ICC sanctions
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Blinken he wanted to see renewed U.S. sanctions on the court in response to the move announced by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday. Read more
Israeli forces raze parts of Gaza’s Jabalia, hit Rafah with airstrikes
Israel said it has returned to the camp, where it had claimed to have dismantled Hamas months ago, to prevent the militant group that controls Gaza from regrouping. Read more
Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy meets Netanyahu
Sullivan was expected to press for Israel to go after Hamas militants in a targeted way, not with a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the White House said before the discussions. Read more
Israel pushes further into north Gaza, recovers slain hostage
Israel has conducted renewed military sweeps this month of parts of northern Gaza where it had declared the end of major operations in January. Read more
Israel recovers bodies of 3 hostages taken Oct. 7
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, identified the bodies as those of Amit Buskila, Shani Louk and Yitzhak Gelernter. Read more
House passes bill to force Biden to reverse Israel arms pause
White House officials said the president would veto it, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the majority leader, said it was “not going anywhere” in the Senate. Read more
Israel moves into Hamas stronghold, pounds Rafah without advancing
The slow progress of Israel’s offensive, more than seven months after it was prompted by Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid, highlighted the difficulty of achieving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aim of eradicating the militant group. Read more
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, battles rage in northern Gaza
Israel’s international allies and aid groups have repeatedly warned against a ground incursion into Rafah, where many Palestinians fled and Israel says four Hamas battalions are holed up. Israel says it must root out the remaining fighters. Read more
U.S. military pier starts moving toward Gaza
The U.S. military opted to pre-assemble the maritime pier at Israeli port of Ashdod earlier this month due to weather conditions at the Gaza site where it will now be installed. Read more
South Africa seeks halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive at World Court
The hearings at the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, come after South Africa last week asked for additional emergency measures to protect Rafah, a southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have been sheltering. Read more
Israeli defense chief challenges Netanyahu over Gaza plans
Netanyahu hinted, in a riposte, which did not explicitly name Gallant, that the retired admiral was making “excuses” for not yet having destroyed Hamas in a conflict now in its eighth month. Read more
Fighting flares anew in Gaza as Hamas regroups
Hamas said its fighters were engaged in “fierce clashes” with Israeli soldiers near Jabalia and that the fighters had fired heavy-caliber mortar shells at Israeli forces in Zeitoun. Read more
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