The $1.2 trillion government funding package that President Biden signed into law on Saturday includes $3.8 billion in annual military aid for Israel and also cut funding for the UN's Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, as Gaza is on the brink of famine. The US provides...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer has vowed that Israel will invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if it causes a rift with the US, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Any Israeli attack on Rafah would incur huge civilian casualties since 1.5...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington to address a joint session of Congress. "I would love to have him come in and address a joint session of Congress. We’ll certainly extend that invitation," Johnson...
Biden administration officials knew back in October that Israel was bombing buildings in Gaza without having "solid intelligence" that they were military targets and continued to provide full support for the Israeli military operations anyway, The Washington Post...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send a delegation of officials to the US to discuss Israeli plans to attack Rafah, the southern Gaza city on the Egyptian border that's packed with 1.5 million Palestinians. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said...
Qatari and Egyptian-mediated hostage deal talks between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in Doha after a long pause in negotiations. Israeli media reported that the Israeli security cabinet approved sending a delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea to Doha...
The UN's child relief agency said on Sunday that over 13,000 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip and that many more could be dead under the rubble. "Thousands more have been injured, or we can't even determine where they are. They may be stuck under rubble,"...
Recent media reports have said there are discussions within the Biden administration to condition military aid to Israel if it invades Rafah as a way to reduce civilian casualties. The assumption was that the US could threaten to cut off or reduce its weapons supply...
Four US Army vessels carrying about 100 American troops departed Virginia on Tuesday with equipment to build a temporary port on Gaza's coast, AFP reported. US officials say the idea of the port is to get more aid into Gaza, where the entire population is facing food...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday refuted a report from POLITICO that said President Biden was considering conditioning military aid to Israel if it invades Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip city that's packed with 1.5 million Palestinians. "We’re not...
