Israel says large quantities of food aid are piling up just inside the Gaza border. Aid groups say Israeli military operations and other obstacles prevent its delivery to desperate Palestinians.
“The situation is really quite volatile,” Capt. Alessandro Crepy, with the Italian contingent of the peacekeeping group UNIFIL, says of the fighting between forces in Israel and Lebanon.
The powerful Israeli strike was directed at the head of the Hamas military wing, Mohammed Deif. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged he didn't have definitive information on Deif's fate.
Hamas now appears closer to accepting a more gradual approach to its core demands, including a permanent end to the fighting and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to multiple officials close to the talks.
Almost no aid is getting into Gaza right now. Humanitarian groups continue to sound alarm bells, as deliveries of aid have been stalled because of rising security concerns in the Gaza Strip.
Israel banned most Gaza patients from being evacuated for medical treatment, according to the United Nations and other groups. Now it could allow a group of child patients and guardians to evacuate.
The Israeli military said the action was “in violation of orders and standard operating procedures” and would be investigated. It said the man was transferred to the Red Crescent for treatment.
The remarks were some of the most hard-hitting to date since Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking Israel last October across the border with Lebanon in support of Hamas in Gaza.
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel has intensified in recent weeks along the border with Lebanon. Some Israelis in the north say they feel resigned to the possibility of war.
President Biden pulled U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and showed no desire for other military adventures. But the unexpected wars in Ukraine and Gaza have become defining issues of his presidency.
The council voted 14-0 to support President Biden’s step-by-step plan for a cease-fire, an exchange of hostages and prisoners and an end to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Gantz followed through on his plan to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's emergency government on Sunday citing its failure to advance a plan to defeat Hamas in Gaza.