Israel’s defense minister says more troops will be sent into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the military says it has destroyed Hamas tunnels and killed dozens of terrorists.
War in Israel
The Biden administration this month put on hold a weapons shipment of 3,500 bombs that are capable of killing hundreds in populated areas.
Police began dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University, hours after the school’s president told students to leave the area or face arrest.
A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over UC Berkeley’s Anna Head Alumnae Hall, just a day after a large encampment in Sproul Plaza was taken down.
Police began making arrests on the campus of UC Irvine several hours into a pro-Palestinian demonstration in which protesters occupied and barricaded a university building.
Victims of antisemitic terrorism filed a lawsuit alleging agitators are “the propaganda arm of a terrorist organization operating in plain sight.”
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Israel’s leaders to focus more on post-war planning as forces battled Hamas in northern parts of the Gaza Strip.
Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff, accused President Joe Biden of using Jews to justify U.S. policy in the conflict.
Yemen’s Houthi terrorists on Wednesday claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. However, the attack on the warship apparently happened nearly two days earlier and saw the vessel intercept the missile targeting it.
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.
Negotiations to secure at least a pause in hostilities in the seven-month war have been deadlocked for months.
Students at many college campuses this spring set up similar encampments, calling for their schools to cut ties with Israel and businesses that support it.
Israeli families grappled with their desire to mark Independence Day even as the country is facing a drawn-out war and one of its most difficult tests in decades.
Overall, the protests in Europe have not reached the intensity of demonstrations at several U.S. universities.
Emory University held its undergraduate commencement at Gas South Arena Monday morning — breaking from the tradition of the ceremony at the quad at the school’s Druid Hills campus.