Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by President Biden was "incomplete" and denied the idea that Israel agreed to pursue a ceasefire. "The claim that we agreed to a ceasefire without our conditions being met...
Netanyahu Advisor Tells Hostage Families He Doesn’t Think There Will Be a Deal To Free Their Relatives
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's national security advisor, Tzachi Hanegbi, told family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza that he doesn't think there will be a comprehensive deal to free all of their relatives. Hanegbi said that the initial...
USAID Contractor Forced Out Over Presentation on Palestinian Maternal and Child Mortality
A contractor for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was forced out of his job over a disagreement on a presentation he prepared on maternal and child mortality among Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Alexander...
Israel Used US-Made Bombs in Rafah Tent Camp Massacre
Investigations from CNN and The New York Times found that the bombs Israel dropped on a tent camp in Rafah on Sunday were made in the US. Weapons experts examined debris that was filmed at the scene of the strike and identified it as a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, a...
US Says Rafah Massacre Won’t Change Its Support for Israel
The Biden administration made clear on Tuesday that the Israeli bombing of a tent camp in Rafah that killed 45 displaced Palestinians, including many women and children, would not change US support for Israel. Both the White House and the State Department claimed...
US Appears To Justify Israel’s Rafah Massacre That Killed 45 Palestinians
The White House on Monday appeared to justify the Israeli strike on displaced Palestinians in Rafah that hit a tent camp and killed at least 45 people, including many women and children. In a statement on the massacre, a White House National Security spokesperson...
Three US Troops Suffer Non-Combat Injuries During Gaza Pier Operation
The US military said on Thursday that three US troops suffered non-combat related injuries while working on the US pier operation off the coast of the Gaza Strip. According to Military Times, Vice Adm. Bradley Cooper, the deputy commander of US Central Command, said...
Gaza’s Christian Community Dwindles as More Than Half Have Fled the Israeli Onslaught
More than half of Gaza's Christians have fled the enclave since Israel unleashed its onslaught, and the Catholic Church is fearful about the future of the ancient community, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Before October 7, about 1,700 Christians were living in Gaza,...
US Thinks Israel Has Only Killed 30-35% of Hamas Fighters
US intelligence indicates that Israel has only killed 30 to 35% of Hamas fighters who were members of the Palestinian group's military wing before October 7, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. Biden administration officials also believe Hamas has been able to recruit...
UN Halts Food Distribution in Rafah, Aid Not Being Delivered Through US Pier
The UN said Tuesday that it halted food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to the lack of supplies and that no aid trucks were entering the Strip through the US-built pier, The Associated Press reported. The vital Rafah border crossing has been closed...