"There is an inspection regime that has to be done before the trucks go in," Kirby said of the logistics, "So that Israel can understand there's no contraband in those trucks. And then, of course, Hamas needs to allow for the free movement of these vehicles inside Gaza to get to the...
Blinken did not respond to the protesters, but when he was asked later about the possibility of a ceasefire, he said that would "simply consolidate what Hamas has been able to do and ... potentially repeat what it did another day." A pause, however, for humanitarian reasons can be cons...
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told ABC the U.S. believes that the partial Israeli withdrawal “is really just about rest and refit for these troops that have been on the ground for four months and not necessarily, that we can tell, ...
The first suicide attack attributed to Hamas occurred in April1994, in response to a deadly massacre byBaruch Goldstein, a fanatical Israeli settler against Muslims praying at the Hebron mosque. As a result, in January 1995,Bill Clintonbanned any negotiations with the organisation because of its ...
A US citizen holds his passport while waiting at the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah. Injured Palestinians, Palestinians with second passports and foreign nationals can be evacuated through the Rafah border crossing. Photo: Mohammed Talatene/dpa (Photo by Mohammed Talaten...
“It’s like a subway under Gaza,” he said. Israeli experts said each tunnel would take up to a year and cost up to $2 million to build, involving dozens of diggers working by hand and with small electric tools. The military has known about the tunnels since at least 2003 and had ...
Yet, if Hamas can be forced to comply with them, it could strengthen the rule of law in the Palestinian territories and be a powerful in- dicator that the movement can play a more responsible role in national poli- tics as well as in legitimizing any future agreement between Israelis and...
"In recent days, an average of only 12 trucks per day have entered, despite needs being far greater than at any time before," the U.N. chief added. — Amanda Macias Fri, Oct 27 202312:58 PM EDT Lufthansa, Delta extend Israel flight cancellations ...
"There's no going back to the status quo as it stood on Oct. 6. That means Hamas can no longer terrorize Israel and use Palestinians as human shields," Biden said, speaking outside the White House. "It also means, when this crisis is over, there has to be a vision of what comes...
Compare where the Palestinians are on any measure of well-being today with where they’d be if they’d made peace with Israel at any point. As they easily could have. Instead, for instance, after Israeli’s stunning 1967 “Six-Day War” victory, Arab tyrants issued their famous “Thr...