The U.N. Security Council failed to pass a U.S.-led cease-fire resolution. Israel’s Netanayhu pledged a ground invasion of Rafah despite U.S. warnings.
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is set to visit Egypt’s border with Gaza on Saturday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to send forces into the packed city of Rafah near the border, despite warnings from U.S. and world leaders.a U.S.-sponsored resolution on Friday that called for a cease-fire in Gaza.
The proposed measure echoed growing international outrage over the humanitarian catastrophe in Rafah and calls for a cease-fire, as U.S. frustrations with Netanyahu mount. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli leaders confronted each other Friday about the direction of the war in Gaza, as the top U.S. diplomat called on Israel not to invade Rafah — where Israel’s offensive hasNetanyahu has showed little sign of relenting to pressure from world leaders against the planned incursion, even with increasingly sharp criticism from Washington, Israel’s main military backer and ally.
along with senior negotiators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States, including CIA Director William J. Burns. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier that gaps were “narrowing” in negotiations for a deal between Israel and Hamas that could halt the fighting and secure the release of hostages — but he added that there was still “difficult work to get there.”Israel’s far-right finance minister announced the seizure of some 3.
by restricting humanitarian aid. This comes amid a growing debate in Washington over whether the United States should suspend arms transfers to Netanyahu’s government,, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and says
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