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President Joe Biden has signed an executive order enabling sanctions on foreign institutions that continue to deal with Moscow

The Israeli killing machine has continued its assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, with regime forces boasting about how they have struck 300 targets in a span of 24 hours, which included a series of hospitals and homes.

Israel has bombed several areas in the Gaza Strip to which it had directed Palestinians to “seek safety,” a new analysis shows.

In phone call, Fidan, Safadi exchange views on UN Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi on Friday discussed recent developments in Gaza, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. In a phone call, Fidan and Safadi exchanged views on a UN Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. Amid continued questions about the body’s handling of international crises, the UN Security Council on Thursday postponed for the fourth…

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has denounced Israel’s persistent attacks on Palestinian health workers and facilities in the besieged Gaza Strip as “unprecedented major crimes” in the history of warfare.

Gilad Erdan, speaking during the council meeting, says “The UN’s focus only on aid mechanisms to Gaza is unnecessary and disconnected from reality.” He continued, saying that “Israel is already allowing aid deliveries at the required scale,” and that “The UN should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages.” Erdan also thanked the US for its support during negotiations on the resolution, which according to him kept in place Israel’s ability to continue inspecting aid that enters Gaza. Source: AlJazeera

The Israeli regime is trying to ‘deport the majority of the civilian population en masse’ as part of its plan to ‘permanently alter’ the composition of Gaza’s population, a UN expert has warned.

The media rights group has said the complaint relates to “probable war crimes” committed by Israeli forces in the deaths of seven Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those include Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who was killed by an Israeli drone attack on December 15. The other reporters named in the complaint are Asem al-Barsh, Bilal Jadallah, Montaser al-Sawaf, Rushdi al-Siraj, Hassouna Salim, and Sari Mansour. RSF had previously filed a complaint to the ICC concerning the killing of seven other journalists in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said 61 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and three Lebanese reporters have…

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh said the text is the product of “extensive consultations and engagement”. “The purpose of this text is very simple,” she said. It seeks to respond to the “dire humanitarian situation on the ground for the Palestinian people bearing the brunt of this conflict, while protecting those who are trying to deliver life-saving aid”. She said all crossings must be opened to scale up aid to Gaza. Still, she added, “If deconfliction does not happen, aid simply cannot reach those who need it.” The draft resolution, which does not call for a ceasefire, comes up short, she said,…

Antonio Guterres tells reporters at the UN’s headquarters in New York that it would be a mistake to judge the effectiveness of the humanitarian aid operation in Gaza based on the number of trucks that enter the enclave. “The real problem is that the way Israel is conducting its offensive is creating massive obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid inside Gaza,” he said. “An effective aid operation in Gaza requires security, staff who can work in safety, logistical capacity, and the resumption of commercial activity. These four elements do not exist,” he continued, urging Israel to take measures that…