Joe Biden’s support among Arab American voters in critical swing states has plummeted during the war in the Gaza Strip which has so far claimed the lives of 36,000, a new poll found, in the latest sign that the United States president’s backing of Israel could hurt him in November’s election.
Alexander Smith, a contractor for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has resigned from his private sector position, stressing he could no longer perform contract work for the Biden administration after a presentation he was preparing on Gaza’s humanitarian crisis was cancelled.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has decried “tremendous sufferings” in the Middle East and urged an international peace conference as leaders from Arab nations visit Beijing amid mounting global concern over Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian group Hamas told mediators it will continue to boycott ceasefire negotiations while Israel lays siege to the Gaza Strip, but is ready to agree to a hostage deal if Israel ends its offensive on the besieged enclave.
Hamas is prepared to show "flexibility" about the future governance of the Gaza Strip, as long as the decision to rule the war-battered enclave is agreed upon by other Palestinian factions and is not imposed by either the United States or Israel, a senior Palestinian source with knowledge of Hamas' policies has told Middle East Eye.
Israel's head of national Security Council has stated Tel Aviv expects "another seven months of fighting" in the Gaza Strip to achieve the "objective of destroying Hamas." More than 36,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in the Gaza war.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has penned a letter to pro-Palestinian students across the United States, admiring them for "standing on the right side of history".
The delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by sea has been suspended after the floating pier the US built suffered damage because of bad weather, the Pentagon has announced.
Iranians from across the world have lent their support to pro-Palestinian 'All eyes on Rafah' campaign on the Instagram social media platform that has gotten over 30 million shares and counting within hours.
US-made munitions were used in a deadly Israeli strike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah in south of the Gaza Strip, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts found.
A career State Department official involved in the Joe Biden administration’s contentious debates over Israel’s conduct in Gaza resigned this week, citing disagreements with a recently published U.S. government report claiming that Tel Aviv was not impeding humanitarian assistance to the besieged strip, two officials told The Washington Post.
Hamas has told international mediators it is ending its participation in ceasefire negotiations with the Israeli regime aimed at ending the war on the Gaza Strip, following Sunday's "massacre" in Rafah by the regime, a source close to the Palestinian organisation has told Middle East Eye.
The White House has indicated an Israeli attack that killed dozens of Palestinians in Rafah in the Gaza Strip did not cross a “red line” that would lead to a change in U.S. policy.
The former chief of Mossad has threatened the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor to try to get a 2021 war crimes probe against Israel dropped, according to a report.
The European Union is discussing sanctioning Israel if Tel Aviv refuses to comply with a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to immediately halt its military campaign in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, according to Ireland’s foreign minister.
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reported that in the past three weeks, nearly 1 million Palestinians have fled Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing Israeli incursion into the city.
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss a deadly Israeli airstrike on a displaced person tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to a UN diplomat.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry slammed on Monday the Israeli regime’s bloody aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza city of Rafah, which sent shockwaves across the world, and called on the international community to take practical measures to stop the occupying regime’s crimes.
Yemen's Houthi fighters have launched fresh attacks on Israeli and US-linked ships sailing in regional waters as part of a campaign to support Palestinians in their struggle against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian group Hamas has warned Israel the longer it sustains its war against the Gaza Strip, the more likely it is for the Israeli captives to die as a result of the attacks.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called an Israeli strike that killed at least 45 Palestinians over the weekend in the Gaza city of Rafah a “tragic mistake” and urged an investigation into the civilian casualties. More than 36,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war on Gaza.
Gaza’s death toll from relentless Israeli attacks since last October has reached 36,050, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave reported on Monday.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has stated that the bloc is endangered by the Israeli disregard for orders issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to stop military operations in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that half of the population of the Gaza Strip is at imminent risk of famine, including around 15,000 pregnant women.
