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Daily Archives: 20. April 2024
In photos: Aftermath of deadly Israeli strikes in Rafah
Israeli fighter jets have bombed two homes in Rafah in overnight strikes, killing a total of 10 people, including six children and women.
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza‘s south kills at least 9 Palestinians in Rafah, including 6 children
(today)
An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory.
US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran – report
(18.04.2024)
The US has approved a potential Israeli Rafah operation in exchange for the Jewish state not conducting counterstrikes on Iran, according to a Thursday report from the Qatari newspaper The New Arab.
A senior official told The New Arab that „Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to obtain American approval for a military operation in Rafah, in exchange for [Israel] refraining from carrying out a wide military operation against Iran in response to its recent attack.“
Thirty Palestinians detained in two days of raids across West Bank
According to the group, half of the detainees were arrested at the Nur Shams refugee camp, amid the ongoing 40-hour raid by Israeli forces.
The latest arrests bring the total number of Palestinians detained by Israeli forces since 7 October to 8,340.
Israeli army says it killed 10 Palestinians in ongoing West Bank raid
The Israeli army said it killed 10 Palestinians in the ongoing raid on the Nur Sham refugee camp near Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, which started on Thursday evening.
House to vote on foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel
The long-stalled assistance would supply roughly $26 billion for Israel, $61 billion for Ukraine and $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific. A fourth bill being voted on Saturday includes measures to ban TikTok, sanction Iran and seize Russian assets to help fund Ukraine.
The White House said it „strongly supports“ the legislation, which is expected to pass with bipartisan backing from Democrats and Republicans.
House bill includes $26 billion for Israel to restock interceptors, buy advanced weapons
(17.02.2024)
A bill put forward by House Republicans in the US Congress would give Israel $26.38 billion in military aid, according to a text released by the House Appropriations Committee.
Gaza death toll rises to 34,049, Ministry of Health says
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to at least 34,049, following more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Saturday.
Senate passes surveillance bill despite contentious debate over privacy concerns
Congress had been up against a Friday deadline after authority for Section 702 was extended through that date as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight deadline
After its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.
The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.