Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel can’t achieve its goal of ‘total victory’ against Hamas without an incursion.
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Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, praises ‘very valuable’ potential of Gaza’s ‘waterfront property’
‘It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,’ said Kushner, a former White House adviser to President Donald Trump.
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Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war
The visit comes amid a flurry of calls, planned trips by U.S. and Israeli officials and public airings of severe disagreements over the state of the conflict and what will happen to Gaza after the war ends.
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Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day
The Israeli military’s claim that dozens of Hamas fighters were killed in the hospital could not be confirmed.
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Incoming Palestinian prime minister plans for reform but faces major obstacles
The Palestinian Authority has no power in Gaza, from which Hamas drove its forces in 2007, and only limited authority in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
The Biden-Netanyahu call also came as a new report warned that ‘famine is imminent’ in northern Gaza.
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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
The White House has been skeptical of the Israeli prime minister’s plan to carry out an operation in the southern city of Rafah, where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
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Netanyahu snaps back against criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
In recent days, top officials from the U.S., Israel’s staunchest ally which has provided key military and diplomatic support, have publicly voiced their frustration with Netanyahu and his government.
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Small batches of aid airdropped on a destroyed Gaza
Two Associated Press journalists aboard an American aid flight to Gaza observed the wreckage to the strip’s north as the plane delivered much-needed food aid to Palestinians below.
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Biden backs Schumer after senator calls for new elections in Israel
The Democratic president did not repeat Schumer’s appeal for Israel to hold elections, a step that would likely end Netanyahu’s tenure because of mounting discontent with his leadership.