Latest Israel-Hamas war news and Gaza conflict updates

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Latest *******-****** war news and Gaza conflict updates

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for a military operation in Rafah, his office said Friday. The statement did not provide additional details about the offensive, which is opposed by several world leaders and humanitarian organizations, who say it could be devastating for the more than 1.4 million Palestinians estimated to be seeking refuge in the city.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in Vienna on Friday that the Biden administration has not seen a plan from ******* detailing how it would protect civilians if the military moves into the densely populated city. President Biden warned earlier this month that an ******** invasion of Rafah would cross a “red line,” though he said, “I’m never going to leave *******.”

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said at a news conference the same day that the ******* States cannot support an offensive in Rafah that “doesn’t also include a credible, achievable, executable plan to take care for the safety and security” of Gazans there — and an operation without such a plan would “be a disaster.”

******* Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said Thursday that the ******** military intends to direct a “significant” portion of Rafah’s population toward “humanitarian islands” in central Gaza that would be created with the “international community.”

******* also said Friday that it will send a delegation to Qatar to continue negotiations for the release of ******-held hostages in exchange for ********-held ************ prisoners. The move comes on the heels of the latest cease-***** proposal put forward by ******, which ******* has

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of making “unrealistic demands.”

Kirby said Friday that the ****** proposal was “in broad brushstrokes, within the bounds of the deal that we’ve been working on now for several months.”

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President Biden praised a recent speech by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) that criticized Netanyahu’s government and called for ******* to hold a new election. Biden

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it as “a good speech” that “expressed a serious concern shared not only by [Schumer] but by many Americans.” ******** officials criticized Schumer’s remarks, with *******’s ambassador to the ******* States calling it “counterproductive to our common goals.”

A second aid vessel is preparing to set sail from Cyprus to Gaza with “hundreds more tons of food,” World Central Kitchen

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Friday on social media. A first ship co-organized by the U.S. nonprofit organization — founded by celebrity chef José Andrés — arrived earlier that day by way of a new maritime corridor meant to increase aid to the region, which is

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. One in three children under the age of 2 in northern Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, a significant increase from January, according to

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At least 20 people were ******* and more than 150 injured late Thursday while awaiting aid in northern Gaza, in what ************ officials in the enclave said was an ******** *******. Witnesses interviewed by The Washington Post said they saw an ******** helicopter and drones randomly ******* on Palestinians. The ******** military denied responsibility for the killings, and late Friday released edited footage of what it said showed “************ gunmen opening ***** in the midst of Gazan civilians.” The accounts from witnesses and the IDF could not be independently corroborated.

At least 31,490 people have been ******* and 73,439 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the

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, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. ******* estimates that about 1,200 people were ******* in ******’s Oct. 7 ******* and says

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soldiers have been ******* since the start of its military operation in Gaza.

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