Massive Israeli raid enters second day, US has no comment; Israeli drone strike kills 13-year-old and 17-year-old Palestinian brothers in WB; Israel admits to response failure in recent settler attack; strikes on Gaza continue, as Israel withholds necessities; Israeli forces target World Food Program vehicle; satellite imagery shows vast destruction of Rafah; US sanctions a few more settlers; Israeli gang rape alleged perp is TV star; possible religious war looms over Al Aqsa, as Israel plans to fund settler visits; Namibia adheres to Genocide Convention; more.
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Israel’s latest offensives unleash ‘hell’ in Gaza, aid groups say
Fighting in the north and south has deepened Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and reversed recent gains by aid groups in staving off starvation and disease.
$320 million Gaza pier has not delivered any aid to people of Gaza – Day 228
Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize Palestinian statehood; after $320 million and over 2 months, US has not gotten any aid to Gazan families; Israel confiscates, then returns camera equipment to AP; 8 Palestinians killed in West Bank; Israeli forces telling settlers where to attack humanitarian aid trucks; Biden admin showing some hostility on Netanyahu war strategy; Arab Americans told a Palestinian state would result in world hunger
Over 100,000 Gazans dead, injured, or missing and presumed dead – Day 119
US has no plans to reduce arms shipments to Israel, rebuffs “immediate ceasefire,” prefers to wait for negotiated ceasefire – as Israel prepares to attack Rafah, where half of Gazans are now sheltering; meanwhile; half of Americans say Israel has “gone too far”; Rafah is “a pressure cooker of despair, and we fear for what comes next”; World Food Program still struggling against Israel’s restrictions on aid; 800 Western officials criticize Western policy toward Gaza, Israel;