WASHINGTON —U.S. Defense leaders pressed their Israeli counterparts Tuesday to ensure that any military operation in the southern city of Rafah would unfold in phases to protect civilians and secure the delivery of aid, a senior Pentagon official said. Israel’s...
The German government has urged Israel to better protect civilians and civilian infrastructure in the northern West Bank and to pave the way for displaced people to return to their homes. "We call on the Israeli government to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure more effectively during the ...
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity on Friday, said during the current offensive entire neighborhoods in southern Gaza should be designated as zones that are safe for civilians, though some may still have to leave their homes if they are in areas where Hamas...
WASHINGTON, April 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Israel will depend on Israel's steps to protect civilians in Gaza. During a high-stakes phone call, Biden emphasized to Netanyahu that Israeli s...
US: Israel must do more to protect Gaza civiliansBy LARA JAKESMATTHEW LEE
Israeli forces have pushed across the southern part of Gaza in what the military says are limited and precise attacks targeting Hamas militants. Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to President Biden, called on Israel to do more to protect civilians
U.S. President Joe Biden, who had two phone calls with Netanyahu in the past week, told reporters on Friday that he had urged Netanyahu to protect civilians in the planned operation in Rafah while "hoping that the Israelis will not make any massive land invasion." U.S. Vice President Ka...
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk again called for a cease-fire in the Israeli-Hamas war and for the release of hostages held by the Palestinian militant group, while urging Israel to protect civilians in the West Bank. ...
Civilians scramble to flee north Gaza ahead of expected Israeli ground offensive U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head back to Israel after meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday. The top U.S. diplomat is also expected to land in Egypt later in ...
Blinken called the war a “horrific humanitarian situation for women, for children, for men,” and implored Israel to protect civilians. “It is absolutely incumbent on Israel, as it acts to defend itself from October 7 from happening again, to make it a priority to protect civilians — ...