About 110,000 people have fled Rafah as Israeli bombardment there intensifies, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said early Friday. A UNICEF coordinator there said that roads out of the city “are jammed” with “exhausted, terrified” families. Later Friday, the Biden administration published a lengthy report announcing that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel had violated international law with U.S.-supplied weapons, but said there was insufficient evidence to halt future military aid. International aid organizations, the United Nations and even former U.S. officials had previously warned that Israel’s wartime conduct may have violated international law.
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End of carouselCease-fire talks aimed at pausing the fighting in Gaza have stalled, as the latest round of negotiations in Cairo ended without a breakthrough. Hamas accused Israel of “obstructing” movement toward an agreement in a statement Friday, and said it would “reconsider” its approach to negotiations.
The United Nations General Assembly voted to grant the observer state of Palestine new “rights and privileges” at the global body and called on members of the U.N. Security Council to reconsider the Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member state — a resolution the United States vetoed April 18.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to “stand alone” against its enemies, after President Biden warned that he would halt the flow of certain weapons if Israel invades Rafah in southern Gaza. In a later interview on U.S. television, Netanyahu said he hoped that he and Biden could overcome their disagreements.
South Africa filed an urgent request with the International Court of Justice on Friday asking the court to order the Israeli military to withdraw from Rafah. In its filing, South Africa said the court’s previous provisional orders fell short of addressing the “extreme risk” posed by Israel’s operations in Rafah.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said Israeli residents set fire to the perimeter of its East Jerusalem headquarters twice on Thursday. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres condemned the attacks. “Targeting aid workers and humanitarian assets is unacceptable, and must stop,” Guterres wrote on X.
At least 34,943 people have been killed and 78,572 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority of the dead are women and children.
Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 267 soldiers have been killed since the launch of its military operation in Gaza.
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End of carouselCease-fire talks aimed at pausing the fighting in Gaza have stalled, as the latest round of negotiations in Cairo ended without a breakthrough. Hamas accused Israel of “obstructing” movement toward an agreement in a statement Friday, and said it would “reconsider” its approach to negotiations.
The United Nations General Assembly voted to grant the observer state of Palestine new “rights and privileges” at the global body and called on members of the U.N. Security Council to reconsider the Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member state — a resolution the United States vetoed April 18.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to “stand alone” against its enemies, after President Biden warned that he would halt the flow of certain weapons if Israel invades Rafah in southern Gaza. In a later interview on U.S. television, Netanyahu said he hoped that he and Biden could overcome their disagreements.
South Africa filed an urgent request with the International Court of Justice on Friday asking the court to order the Israeli military to withdraw from Rafah. In its filing, South Africa said the court’s previous provisional orders fell short of addressing the “extreme risk” posed by Israel’s operations in Rafah.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said Israeli residents set fire to the perimeter of its East Jerusalem headquarters twice on Thursday. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres condemned the attacks. “Targeting aid workers and humanitarian assets is unacceptable, and must stop,” Guterres wrote on X.
At least 34,943 people have been killed and 78,572 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority of the dead are women and children.
Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 267 soldiers have been killed since the launch of its military operation in Gaza.
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