While it’s doubtful the Senate would pass the measures, the move is designed to send a message to the Netanyahu regime that its war effort is eroding longtime bipartisan support for Israel.
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Hezbollah hit by wave of exploding pagers, killing at least 9 and injuring thousands
The group says it’s holding Israel ‘fully responsible for this criminal aggression.’
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Houthis fire missile from Yemen into central Israel, warn of more strikes
The missile caused no direct injuries, Israel said, though the country’s Magen David Adom emergency services said it was treating nine people who were injured on their way to shelters after sirens sounded.
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Israeli military says 3 hostages recovered months ago were likely killed in November airstrike
All three of the hostages were kidnapped in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Their bodies were recovered in December, but the cause of death was only recently determined.
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U.N. agency says 6 of its staff among those killed in Israeli strikes
The workers were killed when 2 airstrikes hit a Gaza refugee camp, said UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel said it targeted Hamas militants.
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Gaza is vaccinating against polio. Is the virus a threat to the U.S.?
A campaign is ongoing to vaccinate children in Gaza after its first polio case in 25 years. The threat to the United States is only in communities with low vaccination levels.
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Biden ‘outraged’ by U.S. activist’s death; Israel kills dozens in Gaza strikes
Witnesses say Aysenur Eygi, 26, was fatally shot in the head last week by Israeli soldiers who opened fire while she was participating in a protest of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli military confirms it fatally shot American woman but says it was likely unintentional
The response drew a strong rebuke from both U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s family, which said it is ‘deeply offended.’
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Israeli strike on Gaza humanitarian zone kills at least 19
The overnight strike hit Muwasi, a sprawl of crowded tent camps that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of civilians.
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Chased away by Israeli settlers, these Palestinians returned to a village in ruins
The 150 or so residents of Khirbet Zanuta who have returned are sleeping outside the ruins of their old homes – and are determined to rebuild.