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Also during the day, the first fuel trucks since war erupted between Hamas and Israel entered the Palestinian enclave. Six trucks with fuel to power generators at two hospitals crossed from Egypt, the UNRWA and an Egyptian source told AFP.
Rifts over Israel’s conduct in the war on Gaza are growing between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden as well as within the Israeli government and the US administration. By the end of the year, both men could be on their way out of office. Last Friday, Biden
International pressure has mounted on Israel to bring an end to the war, with its main ally the United States last week demanding a ceasefire and hostage release deal along with ramped-up aid deliveries.
While fighting a war on the Gaza and Lebanese fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has faced down his latest domestic challenge. The issue is exemption from military service for ultra-orthodox religious students. The Supreme Court argues exemptions are discriminatory and ended
"Israel is on a trajectory potentially to inherit an insurgency with many armed Hamas fighters left or if it leaves a vacuum filled by chaos, filled by anarchy and probably refilled by Hamas," Blinken said on NBC's Meet the Press.
Israel’s offensive has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its figures.
The United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees said 360,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah over the past week, out of 1.3 million who were sheltering there before the operation began.
Israel's international allies and aid groups have repeatedly warned against a ground incursion into Rafah, where many Palestinians fled and Israel says four Hamas battalions are holed up. Israel says it must root out the remaining fighters.
During the war that accompanied Israel's creation, around 760,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes and many took refuge in what would later become the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The administration informally notified the weapons package to Congress, which will need to approve it, a US official said, while a congressional aide who also requested anonymity said the weapons bought from US weapons makers amounted to around $1 billion.