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WASHINGTON, United States — President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that a military operation in the overcrowded city of Rafah in southern Gaza should not proceed unless a plan for "ensuring the safety" of the population was laid out first, the White House said.
It was not the first threat by Itamar Ben-Gvir to quit the Israeli government, but it was one of his most direct. As Israel and Hamas edge closer to a new hostage release deal, the ultranationalist national security minister warned he would not accept concessions to the Palestinian militant group.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The UN's top court on Friday said Israel must prevent genocidal acts in its war with Hamas and allow aid into Gaza, but stopped short of calling for an end to the fighting.
Yesterday the International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest tribunal that adjudicates cases between nations, was expected to issue an interim ruling or provisional measures on the genocide claim filed last month by South Africa against Israel in its war in the Gaza Strip.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top UN court hands down an initial decision Friday in a case against Israel over alleged genocide in Gaza, a landmark ruling closely watched in the Middle East and around the world.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Palestinian militant group Hamas said Thursday it would abide by a ceasefire in its war with Israel in Gaza if the UN's top court ordered one and Israel did the same.
MANILA, Philippines — An Israel Defense Forces soldier of Filipino descent was among 21 IDF members killed in a massive explosion in Gaza on Monday, according to the Philippine embassy in Tel Aviv.
TEL AVIV, Israel — French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Monday he hoped medicines delivered to Gaza would reach "every hostage", nearly a week after the aid shipment arrived in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory.