Initially, Israel stopped all aid deliveries into Gaza. Although it later allowed the deliveries, aid organisations say security checks & moving through a war zone hinder their operations.
Blinken said he agreed with Arab foreign minister in Cairo to gather experts in coming days to identify urgent, practical & concrete steps needed to increase flow of assistance.’
In video shot after State of Union address, Biden is heard telling fellow Democrats about his 'blunt conversation' with Israeli PM Netanyahu on issue of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Israel’s military described its raid as ‘precise and limited’ and said it was based on credible information that Hamas was hiding in the facility and had kept hostages there.
Major donors to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) have suspended funding after allegations surfaced that some agency staff took part in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
US, Qatari & Egyptian efforts to mediate another release seem far from reconciling Israel's drive to destroy Hamas and Hamas' demand that Israel withdraw and free all Palestinians.
Gaza health authorities said the last 24 hours of Israeli bombing had killed 158 people in the enclave, bringing the total toll to 24,285, with thousands more bodies feared lost in the rubble.
South Africa has been among the most strident critics of Israel's military operation. It has gone as far as to say that Gaza has turned into a 'concentration camp'.
In hearings at the International Court of Justice, South Africa called for an emergency suspension of Israel's aerial & ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
Expressing concern that the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip could spread in the wider Middle East, he called for a 'ceasefire on every front, including Lebanon'.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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