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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden
Biden growing more frustrated with Netanyahu as Gaza campaign rages on
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has grown increasingly frustrated behind the scenes with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, telling advisers and others that the prime minister is ignoring his advice and obstructing efforts to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to people familiar with the matter.So far, Biden has stopped short of directly criticizing Netanyahu in public. But he has become increasingly critical of Israel’s tactics, saying last week he believes the campaign in Gaza is “over the top,” one of his sharpest condemnations to date of the military effort against Hamas.In private, Biden has been more willing to offer unvarnished thoughts on Netanyahu, including his deep irritation that the Israeli prime minister has not followed through on...
February 13, 2024

Biden growing more frustrated with Netanyahu as Gaza campaign rages on

Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024
Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Rafah as international alarm mounts over anticipated ground offensive
GAZA — Dozens of people, including children, have been killed as “extremely intense” Israeli airstrikes and shelling pounded multiple locations in Rafah overnight Monday, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, as international alarm mounts over Israel’s planned ground offensive in the southern Gazan city.More than 100 people were killed due to Israeli airstrikes as warplanes targeted different areas of the city and helicopters fired machine guns along the border areas, the PRCS said early Monday.CNN cannot independently verify the number of casualties on the ground.There are fears the death toll could rise further as the PRCS said people remain trapped under the rubble and there is still a heavy presence of warplanes in the skies over Rafah.The director of Abu Yousef...
February 12, 2024

Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Rafah as international alarm mounts over anticipated ground offensive

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media after presenting her report at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
UN Special Rapporteur says October 7 attacks were 'in response to Israel's oppression'
GENEVA — Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks that the October 7 Hamas attack was the “largest anti-Semitic massacre of the 21st century.”“The ‘largest anti-Semitic massacre of our century'? No, Mr. Macron. The victims of October 7 were not killed because of their Judaism, but in response to Israel's oppression. France and the international community did nothing to prevent it. My respects to the victims,” Albanese said in a social media post.Albanese was responding to comments made by Macron as he paid tribute to the October 7 victims at a ceremony in Paris on February 7. During the ceremony, Macron said “the unspeakable resurfaced from the depths of history” that...
February 12, 2024

UN Special Rapporteur says October 7 attacks were 'in response to Israel's oppression'

5-year-old Hind Rajab
Five-year-old Palestinian girl found dead after being trapped in car under Israeli fire
GAZA — A 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car with her dead relatives after it came under Israeli fire in Gaza last month has been found dead.On January 29, Hind Rajab had been traveling in a car with her uncle, his wife and their four children, fleeing fighting in northern Gaza, when they came under Israeli fire, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).“The child [Hind Rajab] and everyone in the car were found killed by the Israeli Army near the Fares petrol station in the Tal Al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City, after about two weeks of her unknown fate due to the Israeli military operation in the area,” according to Khader Al Za’anoun, a Palestinian journalist working for CNN who spoke to the child’s grandfather.The PRCS also confirmed the death...
February 12, 2024

Five-year-old Palestinian girl found dead after being trapped in car under Israeli fire

The eight former Indian naval officers were previously sentenced to death on unspecified charges
Qatar frees eight ex-Indian navy officers on death row
DOHA — A Qatari court has released eight former Indian naval officers previously on death row for unspecified charges.Seven of the men have already returned to India, Delhi's foreign ministry said on Monday.In January, authorities said their death sentences had been converted into prison sentences of "varying" lengths.Neither Qatar nor India revealed the charges against the men, who were working for Dahra Global, a private firm in Qatar.But Financial Times and Reuters have reported that the men were charged with spying for Israel."We appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals," Delhi's foreign ministry said in a statement.Last October, India had said it was "deeply shocked" after...
February 12, 2024

Qatar frees eight ex-Indian navy officers on death row

Palestinians walk by a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday,
Two hostages rescued during operations in Rafah, claims Israeli military
RAFAH — Two Israeli hostages were rescued overnight from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a joint operation between the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency Shin Bet and the Israeli police.The two rescued hostages have been identified as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, who were taken by Hamas during the militant group's October 7 attack on Israel, according to the joint statement.Their rescue comes 128 days after they were taken captive.The two men are in good medical condition and have been transferred to Sheba Medical Center in Israel, the IDF said.President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed a deal to secure the release of hostages in Gaza at length on Sunday, according to a senior administration official, who cautioned that...
February 12, 2024

Two hostages rescued during operations in Rafah, claims Israeli military

The remains of the martyred soldiers were repatriated to Abu Dhabi, arriving at Al Bateen Executive Airport aboard a military aircraft. (WAM)
Five soldiers from UAE and Bahrain martyred in terrorist attack on military base in Somalia
Saudi Gazette reportABU DHABI/RIYADH/MANAMA — Five soldiers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have lost their lives in a terrorist attack on a military base in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.The attack also resulted in injuries to two other members of the UAE Armed Forces, with one of the injured succumbing to his injuries upon arrival.The fallen include Col. Mohamed Al Mansouri, Warrant Officer 1 Mohamed Al Shamsi, Warrant Officer 1 Khalifa Al Balushi, and Cpl Suleiman Al Shehhi from the UAE, alongside Maj. Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF).The remains of the martyred soldiers were repatriated to Abu Dhabi, arriving at Al Bateen Executive Airport aboard a military aircraft.A solemn military ceremony was held at the airport to honor their...
February 11, 2024

Five soldiers from UAE and Bahrain martyred in terrorist attack on military base in Somalia

US President Joe Biden speaks about the Special Counsel report in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024
Biden calls Israel’s response in Gaza over the top
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden late Thursday offered one of his sharpest rebukes to date of Israel’s military conduct in Gaza, saying the operation to go after Hamas had been “over the top.”He also voiced optimism that a deal currently being brokered pairing the release of hostages with a prolonged pause in the fighting could eventually lead to a more sustained change in the war.And he painted a stark portrait of the suffering in Gaza, insisting more must be done to stem the humanitarian crisis there.Delivered at the very end of a fiery evening news conference, Biden’s remarks offered a new window into his view of the four-month conflict, which has tested American diplomacy and exposed divisions within his Democratic coalition.“I’m of the view, as you know, that the...
February 09, 2024

Biden calls Israel’s response in Gaza over the top

Children sheltering at a school in Rafah on Thursday
US says it will not back Israel's unplanned Rafah offensive
WASHINGTON — The US has warned Israel that staging a military offensive into Gaza's southern city of Rafah without proper planning would be a "disaster".The White House said it would not support plans for any major operations in Rafah without due consideration for the refugees there.The comments come days after Israel's leader said the military had been told to prepare to operate in Rafah.More than half of Gaza's people now live in the city bordering Egypt.Some 1.5 million Palestinians are surviving there in dire humanitarian conditions.Israel bombed parts of Rafah from the air on Thursday morning and Israeli tanks reportedly also opened fire.Emad, 55, a father of six sheltering in Rafah after fleeing his home elsewhere, was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying...
February 09, 2024

US says it will not back Israel's unplanned Rafah offensive

Barbed wire fencing and cameras run along the border at the Israeli town of Metula
Guarding the Middle East's most dangerous border
METULA — It is a lonely drive to Israel's most northern town, Metula, along a spur of land that is surrounded on three sides by Lebanon. That means it is also surrounded on three sides by Lebanon's most powerful armed group, Hezbollah.The soldiers at the checkpoint on the edge of Metula were all local men, mostly middle-aged reservists with no illusions about the force on the other side of the border.As the rain lashed down on a miserable, foggy night, one of them, who did not want his name to be published, used his finger to traverse the compass, pointing to the border and Hezbollah's positions."To the west a quarter of a mile, to north half a mile and another half mile to the east. So, we are 300 degrees surrounded by the Hezbollah." The other 60 degrees, he said,...
February 08, 2024

Guarding the Middle East's most dangerous border

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