House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
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Axios reported that House Republicans are considering inviting Netanyahu to address Congress.
The group chaired by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna presented its interim report to Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Israel said it raided the hospital because Hamas fighters had regrouped inside and were directing attacks from the compound.
Thousands of Palestinian patients, medical staff and displaced people were trapped inside the sprawling complex Tuesday, as heavy fighting between troops and Hamas terrorists raged in nearby districts.
After violence broke out at a event at UC Berkeley and protested by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the speech took place Monday and unfolded without issue.
The top U.S. diplomat called on Israel to let more aid into Gaza. He referred to agencies describing the situation in the enclave as worse than in Sudan or Afghanistan.
Israeli forces said terrorists fired on troops from within the compound at the Gaza City hospital. A senior commander in Gaza’s Hamas-led police forces was killed.
The White House has been skeptical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to carry out an operation where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
Israel fervently denies that its military campaign in Gaza amounts to a breach of the Genocide Convention.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for a new election in Israel was inappropriate.
The Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile attacks in the same area, disrupting energy and cargo shipments through the Gulf of Aden.
An attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early Friday but the ship’s crew was unharmed, authorities said.
As American military pilots closed in on the northern coast of Gaza, Associated Press journalists aboard the aid mission watched as three tons of humanitarian aid was airdropped.
Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials.