United Nations, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The demands of the United Nations to stop the Israeli offensive in Rafah, remain unanswered today, while humanitarian organizations urge the entry of more assistance and the population flees without certainty of a safe place. The post UN demands to stop Israeli offensive in Rafah, without response first appeared on Prensa Latina.
More than 1 million Palestinians are in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where Israel is considering expanding its ground operation.
Biden’s threat to halt shipments seems to leave some weapon types available to Israel as well as stockpiles and an unaffected air forceBiden Israel weapons comments – latest updatesThe volume of US military aid to Israel since 7 October last year suggests the intensity of the assault on Gaza would not have been possible without the continued supply of American bombs, shells and other munitions, some of which the US president, Joe Biden, is now threatening to halt after seven months of the...
The United States paused a bomb shipment to Israel last week to signal its concern over Israel approaching its plan to launch a full-scale invasion of Gaza's southern city of Rafah, the Associated Pre
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli tanks that entered the periphery of Rafah early Tuesday stoked global fears that an offensive on Gaza's southernmost city could endanger the more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The ground assault dimmed hopes of an immediate cease-fire deal that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent months pushing []
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli tanks that entered the periphery of Rafah early Tuesday stoked global fears that an offensive on Gaza's southernmost city could endanger the more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The ground assault dimmed hopes of an immediate cease-fire deal that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent months pushing []
United States National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Friday that Washington still believes that Israel should not conduct a "major ground operation
US Is Offering Israel A Strange Incentive To Hold Off Rafah Offensive Over the weekend The Washington Post has reported a strange incentive and quid pro quo that the US is offering Israel if it agrees to hold off on the Rafah offensive. The Biden administration is ready to hand over to Israel "sensitive intelligence" on the whereabouts of top Hamas leaders. The Washington Post cited four unnamed sources as saying the US "is offering Israel valuable assistance if it holds back,...
Move would mark significant pivot in relations as pressure builds on Israel to pull back from attack US officials have signalled to Israel that more arms shipments could be delayed if the Israeli military pushes ahead with an offensive in Rafah, Gaza, in what would mark the start of a major pivot in relations between the two countries.Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, confirmed on Wednesday that the Biden administration had paused the supply of thousands of large bombs to Israel, in...
The IDF has announced that approximately 950,000 Palestinians have evacuated the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip, as troops continue to operate in the eastern part of the city. According to reports, around 300,000 to 400,000 civilians remain in Rafah, primarily concentrated in the coastal area and parts of the city center. Earlier this […]
(JNS) – Hours after an International Criminal Court prosecutor sought arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials alongside Hamas terrorists, and after members of Congress denounced that decision, U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released statements. “The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,” the president said in […]
Over the last two days in Gaza, Israeli airstrikes on refugee camps have killed 15 Palestinian civilians in Jabalia and at least 20 Palestinian civilians in Nuseirat, as reported by the Palestinian Wafa news agency. These recent Israeli airstrikes have been marked as one of the deadliest in weeks, as both refugee camps are packed with displaced Palestinians attempting to flee areas of aggressive targeting. “Today is the most difficult in terms of the occupation bombardment, air strikes and...