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☆ Israeli military announces 'tactical pause' in attempt to increase flow of aid into hard-hit Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Sunday announced a "tactical pause" in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid. It said the pause was being coordinated with the U.N. and international aid agencies. That was down from 168 a day in April and far below the 500 trucks a day that aid groups say are needed. The flow of aid in southern Gaza declined just as the humanitarian need grew. COGAT, the Israeli military body that oversees aid distribution in Gaza, says there are no restrictions on the entry of trucks.

Persons: Salah, Israel's Organizations: Humanitarian Relief Foundation, Sunday Locations: Gaza, JERUSALEM, Rafah, Israel, COGAT

CNN —The family of one of the hostages rescued in an Israeli operation over the weekend has said that he experienced psychological abuse over the hands of his Hamas captors during the eight months that he was held in Gaza. The operation was only the third Israeli rescue of hostages held in Gaza and has been celebrated in Israel. So he feels obliged to pass this goodness on to the next person and help get others [hostages] out.”Kozlov, 27, was among the rescued hostages. Israel launched its war in Gaza following the Hamas attacks of October 7, when militants killed about 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostage. Since then, the Israeli campaign has killed more than 37,000 people, according to the ministry of health in Gaza, and triggered a humanitarian crisis.

Persons: Andrey Kozlov, Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv, Kozlov, Kozlov’s, Mikhail Kozlov, “ Israel, “, Israel ”, Israel, ” Mikhail, ” “, ”, Andrey, Dmitry, Mikhail, ” Dmitry, ” Kozlov, Itai Pessach, ” Pessach, Keren Munder, –, pita, Merav Mor, Munder, Adina Moshe Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Nova, Israeli Army, Reuters, UN Locations: Gaza, Israel, Russian

☆ Nvidia's CEO never schedules one-on-one meetings—unless someone specifically asks for it: ‘Then I’ll drop everything’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jensen Huang doesn't schedule one-on-one meetings with the people who report to him — but that doesn't mean he has no time for them. The billionaire Nvidia CEO and co-founder revealed that aspect of his managerial style during a talk at Stanford University in March. DON'T MISS: The ultimate guide to becoming a master communicator and public speakerIn Huang's case, scheduling 55 recurring one-on-one meetings could fill up a calendar quickly. A fully booked planner carries psychological ramifications, too, Yale University psychology professor Laurie Santos said at SXSW in March. To fend it off, Santos suggested going through your to-do list and figuring out which items don't actually need to be scheduled.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Lex, Laurie Santos, Santos Organizations: Nvidia, Stanford University, Apple, Microsoft, Yale University, SXSW, CNBC

☆ Australian billionaire proposes secure gate system to supply aid to Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —An Australian billionaire is offering to build a secure gate system on the Israel-Gaza border that he says could allow 10,000 metric tons of food aid to be delivered each day to starving Palestinians. He’s also committed $5 million to improve the Jordanian humanitarian land corridor by building storage warehouses to allow more aid to pass to Gaza. Cargo trucks carrying humanitarian aid move through security inspections before crossing into the Gaza Strip, in Kerem Shalom, Israel on March 14. The IDF has repeatedly said hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid have been entering the Gaza Strip, but aid organizations say the supplies are not reaching civilians in need. The passage of aid into Gaza has become gridlocked by Israeli inspections, and in some cases the temporary closure of access points.

Persons: Australia CNN —, Andrew Forrest, Antony Blinken, He’s, ” Forrest, Minderoo, Forrest, Israel, Fortescue, Marcus Yam Organizations: Australia CNN, Minderoo Foundation, United Nations, US, CNN, Cargo, Los Angeles Times, Israel Defense Forces, Ministry of Health, IDF, United Nations Security, Systems, NET, US Agency for International Development Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, Kerem Shalom, airdrops

☆ North Darfur’s only hospital closes after paramilitary attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Eve Brennan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Sudanese paramilitary forces stormed the main hospital in North Darfur, opening fire and looting vital medical supplies, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have reported. Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) plundered the facility on Saturday stealing an ambulance among other supplies, the aid agency said. “On Saturday, MSF and the Ministry of Health suspended all activities in South Hospital, El Fasher, North Darfur, after RSF soldiers stormed the facility, opened fire, and looted it, including stealing an MSF ambulance,” MSF Sudan said on social media Saturday. As a result, patients are being moved to Paediatric and Saudi hospitals “which were unprepared for such an influx,” it added. The NGO added on X, formerly known as Twitter, there were only ten patients and a reduced medical team at the hospital at the time.

Persons: “, ”, Emergencies Michel Lacharite, Lacharite, Massrali, RSF Organizations: CNN, Sudanese, Fighters, Rapid Support Forces, MSF, Ministry of Health, South Hospital, Twitter, Emergencies, MSF Sudan, Foreign Affairs, Security, EU, El, Humanitarian, United Nations, UN, UN’s, Organization for Migration, Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, UN Office, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: North Darfur, South, El Fasher, MSF Sudan, El, Darfur, Sudan

☆ US resumes maritime aid deliveries to Gaza after pier repair
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Maritime aid deliveries to Gaza resumed Saturday after a US-built temporary pier was repaired a day prior, US Central Command announced. CENTCOM made it clear Saturday that the pier, “including its equipment, personnel, and assets,” was not used in the operation. The pier, used in addition to dropping aid out of planes and trucking it through border checkpoints, sustained damage and broke apart in heavy seas late last month. In the less than two weeks the pier was operational, it helped deliver some 1,000 metric tons of aid to Gaza. The US had faced a number of challenges with the pier, including planning around Israel’s operations in Rafah, establishing who would transport the aid from the pier into Gaza, and logistical issues such as sea and weather conditions.

Persons: CENTCOM, ”, ” CENTCOM, Brad Cooper, CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Philip Wang, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Rachel Wilson, Sana Noor Haq Organizations: CNN, Maritime, Gaza, US Central Command, US, United Nations, UN, Royal Jordanian Air Force Locations: Gaza, Rafah, Israel

☆ Gaza's unemployment is nearing 80% as one disaster compounds another, UN says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Gaza's unemployment is nearing 80%. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Unemployment in Gaza is nearing 80%. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: —, Gilbert Houngbo Organizations: Service, United Nations, International Labor Conference, UN, Business Locations: Gaza, Unemployment, Geneva

☆ Here’s what Gaza’s humanitarian aid crisis looks like after eight months of war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Rachel Wilson | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Here is a breakdown of how the aid crisis has deepened in the territory after 245 days of war. Crossing closures nearly halt all aidIsrael’s restrictions on land routes into Gaza meant aid was barely trickling into the strip. Aid workers say they can barely meet humanitarian demands on the ground. Israeli attacks on aid convoys have sparked fierce condemnation from rights groups, drawing attention to growing Western skepticism of Israel’s war in Gaza. The attacks “reveal fundamental flaws with the so-called deconfliction system, meant to protect aid workers,” according to the report.

Persons: ”, “, ” Raed Redwan, Louise Wateridge, it’s, Trucks, COGAT, Ahmad Salem, Wateridge, “ It’s, Mahmoud Shalabi, ” Mahmoud Shalabi, Shalabi, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, UN, US, Pentagon, UNRWA, United Nations, Bloomberg, Getty, Humanitarian Affairs, NGO, Aid, humanitarians, Relief, Human Rights Watch, HRW Locations: Deir al, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, Rafah, Egypt, Kerem, Wadi Gaza, “

☆ Sudan: Villagers flee in terror as 150 killed in rebel attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Mohammed Tawfeeq | Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Eyewitnesses told CNN Thursday how fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) descended upon Wad al-Nour village in the central Al-Jazira state on Wednesday. Both the Sudanese army and the RSF have faced damning accusations of civilian massacres since the civil war broke out in April 2023. The RSF acknowledged the attack in a statement Wednesday and said it was a pre-emptive attack on Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF), camps in Wad Al-Noura in response to a planned attack by the army. This was not the first attempt by the RSF to control Wad al-Noura, as they have tried several times to take the village. Since the conflict started, both the Sudanese army and the RSF have faced damning accusations of civilian massacres.

Persons: Nour, we’ve, ”, RSF, –, Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, ” CNN’s Avery Schmitz Organizations: CNN, Sudan’s, Rapid Support Forces, Sudanese, Sudan’s Armed Forces, SAF, Sudanese Army, Transitional Sovereignty, Organization for Migration, UN, Humanitarian Affairs, UN Security Council Locations: Sudan, Al, Jazira, Nour, Khartoum

☆ A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Declan Walsh | Ivor Prickett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The national film archive was blown open in battle, its treasures now yellowing in the sun. Artillery shells soar over the Nile, smashing into hospitals and houses. Khartoum, the capital of Sudan and one of the largest cities in Africa, has been reduced to a charred battleground. Another nine million have been forced from their homes, making Sudan home to the largest displacement crisis on earth, the United Nations says. Fueling the chaos, Sudan has become a playground for foreign players like the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Russia and its Wagner mercenaries, and even a few Ukrainian special forces.

Persons: Wagner Organizations: Nations, United Arab Locations: Khartoum, Sudan, Africa, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Russia

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Biden peace proposal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Displaced Palestinian children line up to receive food in Rafah on May 19. The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently serving only 27,000 people in Rafah, according to Matthew Hollingworth, the organization’s country director in Gaza. The sounds, the smells, the everyday life are horrific and apocalyptic,” Hollingworth told journalists Friday after returning from a trip to Gaza. “From the seventh of May to the 20th, not a single WFP truck crossed from the southern corridors of Egypt into Rafah,” he said. Rafah had previously been the central artery for aid to flow into Gaza, as the only border crossing not controlled by Israel.

Persons: Matthew Hollingworth, ” Hollingworth, ”, Hollingsworth, “, Israel Organizations: AFP, Getty, United, Food Programme, WFP Locations: Rafah, United Nations, Gaza, Egypt, ”, Israel

☆ Opinion: This deal can end the war in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —It’s taken more than half a year, but, finally, President Joe Biden has publicly unveiled an Israeli plan that could end the bloodshed in Gaza. But getting the two sides to actually agree to — and implement — the peace plan is far from a certainty. As the Gaza war continues, Israel’s dreams of normalization with the Arab world will steadily erode. Support for the Gaza war among Americans has dropped from 50% at the beginning of the war in November to 36% in March, according to Gallup. Evan Vucci/APNetanyahu also keeps fighting the Gaza war with no real plan for the “day after,” in short, without a strategy.

Persons: Peter Bergen, ”, Osama bin Laden, CNN — It’s, Joe Biden, Yahya Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Biden, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, “, ” Schumer, Harry Truman, Donald, Evan Vucci, Sun Tzu, Max, Tacitus, Israel’s, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Maya Alleruzzo, — Organizations: New, Arizona State University, Apple, Spotify, CNN, Hamas, Politico, Gaza Health Ministry, Gallup, US, Democrat, Israel, American, White, Biden, Israeli, Twitter, Facebook, UN Locations: New America, Gaza, United States, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, Palestinian, Michigan, Israel, Washington, Tel Aviv, United, Qatar, Egypt

Even though it was operational for only about a week, the pier helped deliver some 1,000 metric tons of aid into Gaza before breaking apart. That’s well short of the military’s goal of moving 500 tons of aid per day over the pier. The risks however were deemed too great at the time, with unpredictable winter weather and heavy fighting in Gaza. “We assumed a lot of risk in using a military operation for this purpose,” a second senior administration official added. Deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh emphasized that the solution to aid to Gaza remains the land crossings.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, Biden, It’s, “, they’re, Christine Wormuth, JLOTS, Nikos Christodoulides, Benjamin Netanyahu, Weeks, ‘, Vedant Patel, Sabrina Singh, Max, ’, don’t Organizations: CNN, White House, US Central Command, Army, “ Army, US, Pentagon, Technologies, Maxar, Trident, US Army Central, Reuters, State Locations: Gaza, West, Israel, Rafah, Australia, Virginia, Haiti, Cyprus, France, “, Ashdod

When a Russian soldier appeared outside 98-year-old Lidiia Lomikovska’s shattered home in eastern Ukraine in late April, the first thing he did was shoot and kill the family dog. “What have you done?” her daughter-in-law, Olha, 66, shouted at the Russian. “He was protecting me.”“Now, I will protect you,” he told her, Olha recalled in an interview. Ms. Lomikovska — who lived through a famine orchestrated by Stalin that killed millions in the 1930s and the German occupation of her town, Ocheretyne, during World War II — said she did not know why her life has been bracketed by sorrow. But when war once again arrived at her doorstep, she knew she did not want to live under the “protection” of Russia.

Persons: Lomikovska’s, ”, Olha, Lomikovska —, Stalin, — Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Ocheretyne, Russia

☆ What seven more months of war would mean for Palestinians, Israelis and the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Abbas Al Lawati | Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Israel has warned that its war in Gaza could extend until the end of the year. Prolonging the war could have catastrophic consequences for Palestinians in the already ravaged territory and significant repercussions for Israel and beyond, experts said. “And currently Hamas doesn’t seem to be ready to release them.”Impact on Israel’s economyThe war hit Israel’s economy hard in the immediate aftermath of October 7. As of January, the Israeli military was spending $272 million per day on the war, according to the Israeli news site Ynet. Despite these efforts, the war persists, civilian casualties rise and famine spreads in Gaza, intensifying pressure from some of his electorate.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Tzachi Hanegbi, ”, Joe Biden, “, Assaf Orion, Juliette Touma, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Yohanan Plesner, Plesner, Israel, Malcolm Shaw, Yaron Wax, Johanna Geron, INSS, Amir Levy, Orion, Daniel Hagari, ” Plesner, Biden Organizations: CNN, National, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel Defense Forces, London School of Hygiene, Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins Center, Humanitarian Health, Israel, United Nations, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Israeli, Israel Democracy Institute, International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice, United, P Global, Moody’s, Service, Troops, American, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv, Rafah, Europe, Palestinian, British, The Hague, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently serving only 27,000 people in Rafah, according to Matthew Hollingworth, the organization’s country director in Gaza. Rafah had previously been the central artery for aid to flow into Gaza, as the only border crossing not controlled by Israel. Israel’s military has continued to push further into Rafah, defying international concern and anger over its operations in the city. “IDF troops in central Rafah located Hamas rocket launchers, terror tunnel shafts, and weapons. Hollingworth added that the WFP’s warehouse in Rafah, which was once capable of storing 2,700 tons of food, is no longer operational.

Persons: Matthew Hollingworth, ” Hollingworth, ”, Hollingsworth, Jack Guez, Israel, Erez, Hollingworth, – Organizations: CNN, United, Food Programme, Getty, WFP, Israel Defense Forces, “, UN, IDF Locations: United Nations, Rafah, Gaza, Israel, AFP, Egypt, ”, May, Kerem, Erez

☆ Is Gaza your top issue? Here's a guide to each 2024 candidate's stance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewIsrael's ongoing war in Gaza — and President Joe Biden's continued support for it — has become a major issue in the 2024 election. After Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in its October 7 attack, Israel launched a counteroffensive aimed at eliminating the group. Here's a guide to where President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump stand on Israel — and why some are threatening to stay home or cast protest votes in November. I mean, moving shots of bombs being dropped into buildings in Gaza… it's a very bad picture for the world." For these voters — some of whom may have even had family members killed in Gaza — they argue that the war outweighs all other considerations.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, That's, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Israel —, Biden, he's, Nathan Howard, Israel Trump, Israel, Israel Hayom, Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Doug Mills, Syria —, we're, Biden's, it's, Abdullah Hammoud, Jill Stein, Cornel West Organizations: Service, Business, UN, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, GOP, Israeli, Washington Post, Muslim, Democratic, Biden, Trump, Green Party Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Syria, Biden's Israel, Dearborn, Michigan

☆ Access to Aid in Gaza Was Dire. Now, It’s Worse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Amy Schoenfeld Walker | Elena Shao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Access to Aid in Gaza Was Dire. Israel closed that crossing as well as the Rafah crossing, where a majority of aid had been coming in. Nearly 300 aid trucks had crossed there in a single day just before the incursion. COGAT, the Israeli military agency coordinating aid delivery, has said that increasing the amount of aid going into Gaza remains a priority. But just a quarter of that amount arrives on average each day since the closure of Rafah crossing, according to U.N. data.

Persons: ”, Israel, Biden, Georgios Petropoulos, it's, ” Erez, Erez, Kerem Shalom, Abdel Fattah al, Ahmad Ezzat, Scott Anderson, Anderson, Petropoulos, —, Khan Younis, Mr Organizations: International Court, Justice, Central Kitchen, U.S ., United, Aid, Egyptian Red, UNRWA, Kerem, U.S, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Food Program Locations: Gaza, Southern, Israel, Rafah, Ashdod, Kerem Shalom, United Nations, “, Erez, Israel GAZA, EGYPT, U.S, Egypt, Kerem, Egyptian, Israeli

The distribution comes several days after the US military’s pier operation launched and got off to a rocky start. “Such challenges with internal distribution are not new or unique to aid delivery from the sea,” Cooper said. The US military is also going to continue airdropping aid into Gaza, Cooper confirmed. Dieckhaus said Thursday that there are “thousands and thousands of tons” of aid in Cyprus awaiting processing to be brought across the pier. On Wednesday, “the UN reported 215 private sector trucks entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom and 115 humanitarian assistance trucks through Zikim/Erez West,” USAID said.

Persons: Brad Cooper, ” Cooper, Cooper, Daniel Dieckhaus, “, Dieckhaus, Erez West, Erez East, ” Organizations: CNN — Aid, US Agency for International Development, USAID, United States Central Command, Pentagon, Management, UN Locations: Gaza, Hamas, Cyprus, Kerem Shalom, Rafah, Erez, United States, Israel

Nicholas Kristof has spent his career reporting on difficult topics: genocide, war, famine. But decades in the field have not weakened his belief in humanity. In this audio essay, Kristof reflects on his life as a reporter and makes the case for hope. “Yes, there are very real challenges ahead,” he says. And yet, he argues, the United States “has a dynamism and inner strength that will allow America to survive.”(A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)

Persons: Nicholas Kristof, Kristof, “, ”, United States “ Locations: United States, America

☆ Netanyahu denies Israel is starving civilians in Gaza as a method of war
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Israel has allowed 20,000 trucks of aid into Gaza, Netanyahu said – a fraction of what would have entered in the same period under normal times. Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza, following Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks, has reached its seventh month and left more than 34,000 people dead. Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in Israel, where he is also facing an ongoing corruption trial. Speaking to Tapper, Netanyahu rejected accusations that he avoids Israeli media in favor of international press, saying he has done up to 20 press conferences with Israeli journalists. An ICC warrant would compel more than 100 member-nations of the court to arrest Netanyahu if he traveled in their territory.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Karim Khan, – Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant –, Khan, Netanyahu, Gallant, Tapper, –, ’, ”, Critics, “ That’s, “, Khan’s, Joe Biden, ” Biden, Antony Blinken, Biden, Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Israel, Vladimir, Putin, ” Khan Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Criminal Court, ICC, Israel’s, Gaza, West Bank, Amnesty, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, East Jerusalem, France, Africa

☆ Middle East Crisis International Criminal Court Prosecutor Requests Warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas Leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | Patrick Kingsley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said he is seeking arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. He also said he was requesting warrants for Mr. Netanyahu and for Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant. Credit... -/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesOn April 26, Mr. Netanyahu said on social media that the country “will never accept any attempt by the I.C.C. “would set a dangerous precedent that threatens the soldiers and officials of all democracies fighting savage terrorism and wanton aggression,” Mr. Netanyahu said. is the world’s only permanent international court with the power to prosecute individuals accused of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Karim Khan, Khan, Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Khan’s, Maya Alleruzzo, Sinwar, Deif, Haniyeh, ”, Gallant, “, Volker Türk, Mr Organizations: International, Criminal, Mr, Hamas, Credit, United Nations, Agence France Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Rome, Qatar, Hague, Israel’s

☆ Hamas and Israeli leaders may face international arrest warrants. Here’s what that means
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

If approved by a panel of judges, the arrest warrants would be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The decision to seek arrest warrants doesn’t immediately mean the individual is guilty, but is the first stage in a process that could lead to a lengthy trial. The ICC has so far issued arrest warrants against 42 people, 21 of whom have been detained with the help of member states. Signatory states are obliged to apprehend those facing arrest warrants, but leaders have often sought to evade those warrants, restricting their freedom of movement. Video Ad Feedback ICC chief details charges he is seeking against Hamas and Israeli leaders 02:04 - Source: CNNDoes the ICC have jurisdiction over Israeli nationals?

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyah, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al, Masri, Mohammed Deif, Netanyahu, doesn’t, ”, Putin, Haniyah, Omar al, Bashir, Saif Gadhafi, Moammar Gadhafi, Vladimir Putin, hasn’t, Karim Khan, “, Khan, Shelly Aviv Yeini, ” Yeini, Muhammad Nazzal, Gallant, Israel Katz, Yair Lapid, Israel “, Sinwar, Itamar Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, Mike Johnson, CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, Benjamin Brown, Melanie Zanona, Aber Salman, Michael Schwartz Organizations: CNN, Criminal Court, Israeli, ICC, The Hague, International Court of Justice, United Nations, UN, Djibouti –, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Reuters, Foreign, National Security, Hague, Defense Ministry, Republican Locations: Israel, Gaza, Chile, South Africa, Qatar, Rome, The, Netherlands, Russian, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros, Djibouti, Palestinian, East Jerusalem, Palestine, The Hague, Israeli

☆ Ukraine Reports No Shortages of Artillery Shells for First Time: Zelenskyy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that Ukraine's forces had reported no shortages of artillery shells for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Kyiv Independent reported. "For the first time during the war, none of the brigades complained that there were no artillery shells," Zelenskyy said on May 16. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesUkraine's armed forces have faced severe artillery shortages in recent months, partly due to a US military aid package being stalled in Congress. Despite this, Russian artillery will likely outmatch Ukraine's for most of 2024, officials and analysts told Foreign Policy. He added that he expected Ukrainian forces would "hold the line" near Kharkiv City.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, milblogger Stanislav Osman, Diego Herrera Carcedo, Rustem Umerov, Petr Pavel, Vladimir Putin, Christopher Cavoli Organizations: Service, Kyiv Independent, Business, Kyiv Post, Army, Anadolu Agency, Getty, EU, BBC News, Policy, CNN, for Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Donetsk Oblast, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Czech Republic, Russian, Kharkiv City

☆ The New York Times News Quiz, May 17, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. built a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza as part of an effort to stave off famine in the enclave. Which group will be responsible for distributing aid that arrives there?

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