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Several U.S. allies distanced themselves from the Biden administration’s decision to block the U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the United States was “right and just” to exercise its veto. Washington’s envoy, Robert A. Wood, said the text was “rushed” and lacked condemnation of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
U.N. chief António Guterres warned Sunday that the Security Council is “paralyzed by geostrategic divisions,” severely undermining its “authority and credibility.” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the U.S. veto of the cease-fire resolution made it complicit in “genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes.”
The Israel Defense Forces pressed on with its offensive across Gaza, claiming to strike 250 targets in the past day, including underground tunnels in Khan Younis, the largest city in southern Gaza and reportedly the stronghold of Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar. On Sunday, the IDF said it deployed an artillery unit inside Gaza for the first time in the war, signifying a further expansion of Israel’s military presence.
The IDF and Hamas presented differing accounts of an unsuccessful hostage rescue. Hamas said it thwarted the operation, resulting in IDF casualties and the death of Sahar Baruch, 25. The IDF said it raided a Hamas hideout and killed an unspecified number of militants. The Washington Post could not verify either side’s claims. Israel’s military did not confirm Baruch’s death but visited his family.
Yemen-based Houthi rebels plan to block the passage of any ships to Israeli ports unless they are delivering food and medicine to the Gaza Strip, the Iranian-aligned militant group’s spokesman said, warning countries and shipping companies that the rebels will target any ships heading to Israel. The United States said last week that missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas hit three vessels in the Red Sea.
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned after backlash over remarks she made at a congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses. Magill came under intense criticism last week after her testimony, in which she declined to state plainly that a call for genocide against Jews would violate the university’s code of conduct.
At least 17,700 people have been killed in Gaza and more than 48,780 wounded since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 1,200 people were killed in Israel during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
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Several U.S. allies distanced themselves from the Biden administration’s decision to block the U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the United States was “right and just” to exercise its veto. Washington’s envoy, Robert A. Wood, said the text was “rushed” and lacked condemnation of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
U.N. chief António Guterres warned Sunday that the Security Council is “paralyzed by geostrategic divisions,” severely undermining its “authority and credibility.” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the U.S. veto of the cease-fire resolution made it complicit in “genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes.”
The Israel Defense Forces pressed on with its offensive across Gaza, claiming to strike 250 targets in the past day, including underground tunnels in Khan Younis, the largest city in southern Gaza and reportedly the stronghold of Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar. On Sunday, the IDF said it deployed an artillery unit inside Gaza for the first time in the war, signifying a further expansion of Israel’s military presence.
The IDF and Hamas presented differing accounts of an unsuccessful hostage rescue. Hamas said it thwarted the operation, resulting in IDF casualties and the death of Sahar Baruch, 25. The IDF said it raided a Hamas hideout and killed an unspecified number of militants. The Washington Post could not verify either side’s claims. Israel’s military did not confirm Baruch’s death but visited his family.
Yemen-based Houthi rebels plan to block the passage of any ships to Israeli ports unless they are delivering food and medicine to the Gaza Strip, the Iranian-aligned militant group’s spokesman said, warning countries and shipping companies that the rebels will target any ships heading to Israel. The United States said last week that missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas hit three vessels in the Red Sea.
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned after backlash over remarks she made at a congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses. Magill came under intense criticism last week after her testimony, in which she declined to state plainly that a call for genocide against Jews would violate the university’s code of conduct.
At least 17,700 people have been killed in Gaza and more than 48,780 wounded since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 1,200 people were killed in Israel during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
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