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By Alex Therrien & John Sudworth in New York BBC News 1 hour ago Image caption, A Palestinian girl at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah this week US officials have again raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts about Israel’s plans for military operations in the southern Gaza city of […]
U.S., Israel holding virtual meeting over IDF’s planned ground offensive in Rafah – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. and Israel are holding a virtual meeting Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled last week’s delegation to Washington, D.C. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
Israeli PM had called off Washington visit after US did not veto UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire. Israel has asked the United States to reschedule a meeting to discuss its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly cancelled a planned visit to Washington. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre […]
By Tom Bateman State Department Correspondent & Kathryn Armstrong & Patrick Jackson BBC News 8 February 2024 Updated 1 hour ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Children sheltering at a school in Rafah on Thursday The US has warned Israel that staging a military offensive into Gaza’s southern city of Rafah without proper planning […]
The Biden administration is preparing to relax restrictions on some weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said on Thursday, crediting the kingdom’s peace talks with a militia in Yemen for hastening an easing of the constraints. President Biden imposed the ban two years ago amid concerns that U.S. weapons were being used against civilians […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened “more offensive actions” to repel what he called increasing U.S.-led military threats after he supervised the third test of his country’s most advanced missile designed to strike the mainland U.S., state media reported Tuesday. Kim’s statement suggests he is confident in his growing […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and the United States on Tuesday showed their sharpest public disagreement yet over the conduct and future of the war against Hamas as the two allies became increasingly isolated by global calls for a cease-fire. The dispute emerged while Israeli forces carried out strikes across Gaza, crushing Palestinians in […]
25m ago / 9:05 AM EST Soldiers injured after aerial targets crossed from Lebanon, IDF says The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement today that two soldiers were “moderately injured and a number of additional soldiers were lightly injured from shrapnel and smoke inhalation,” after it intercepted two aerial targets that crossed from Lebanon. […]
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Just a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Tel Aviv that Israel had “agreed” that its military operations in southern Gaza would protect civilians and allow significantly increased humanitarian aid into the enclave, neither appears to be happening. Rather than more assistance . . […]
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