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UN, Syria and Israel

UN sounds alarm at Israel’s ‘severe violations’ at key buffer zone with Syria

The United Nations has accused Israel of “severe violations” of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in “engineering groundwork activities” that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

LA Times on MSN · 2d

Israel’s military is building along UN-patrolled demilitarized zone in Syria, satellite images show

Israel has begun a construction project along a demarcation line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, apparently laying asphalt for a road right along the frontier.

BBC on MSN · 1d

Israeli construction along buffer zone with Syria violates ceasefire, UN says

The United Nations says Israeli construction along a demilitarised buffer zone with Syria has led to “severe violations” of a 50-year-old ceasefire agreement, which risk increasing tensions along their shared frontier in the occupied Golan Heights.

Gaza, Israel

USA Today on MSN · 1h

Israel committed war crimes, 'forced displacement' in Gaza, new report says

The 154-page report, "Hopeless, Starving and Besieged," examined Israel's conduct since the war in Gaza broke out last October and found the Israeli government carried out "widespread and systematic" forced displacement. Israel's actions "meet the definition of ethnic cleansing," the authors wrote.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Israeli Forces Kill 14 People in Gaza, Force New Displacement in the North

Residents said Israeli forces besieged shelters housing displaced families and the remaining population, which some estimated at a few thousand, ordering them to head south through a checkpoint separating two towns and a refugee camp in the north from Gaza City.

The New York Times · 1d

Aid Deliveries to Gaza Remain Low Despite U.S. Warning to Israel

The Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to increase the flow of aid, warning that aid shipments into Gaza in September had reached an alarmingly low level.

Biden hosts Israel's president at the White House

Hosted on MSN · 2h

Biden hosts Israel's president at the White House amid peace push

President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday as the outgoing administration seeks cease-fire progress in Gaza and Lebanon.

USA TODAY on MSN · 22h

Live updates as Biden, Trump meet at White House: What to know, how to watch

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are meeting at the White House Wednesday. Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY Network.

NBC News on MSN · 19h

Trump thanks Biden for 'smooth transition' in White House meeting

President-elect Donald Trump will return to Washington on Wednesday — entering the White House for the first time since being voted out of office — to meet with President Joe Biden for a ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power.

Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan

The Boston Globe · 1h

Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say

Donald Trump has said he wants to bring an end to the wars in the Middle East, but he also told Netanyahu during a call to “do what you have to do.”

The New Republic on MSN · 17h

Netanyahu Plans a Big Gift for Trump in Lebanon—Two Months From Now

Israel is preparing a cease-fire plan regarding its bombing of Lebanon as a gift to the incoming Donald Trump administration, The Washington Post reports. The Post reports, citing three Israeli sources,

Daily Express on MSN · 2h

Israel seeks rapid Lebanon ceasefire as a 'gift' to Donald Trump

Israel's leadership is said to be keen to present an "easy win" political coup to the incoming American President.

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

Trump chooses pro-Israel Rep. Stefanik as ambassador to United Nations

Rep. Elise Stefanik, who serves as House Republican Conference Chair, has long been one of Trump's most loyal allies in the House.

YAHOO!News · 1d

Fiercely pro-Israel former Trump critic Elise Stefanik is new UN ambassador

Donald Trump has appointed the fiercely pro-Israel Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik as the next US ambassador to the UN.

Syracuse.com on MSN · 1d

Rep. Elise Stefanik joins Trump cabinet; special election to fill her NY seat

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik for a cabinet position in his upcoming administration, setting the stage for a special election to fill her congressional seat in Upstate New York.

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Israel warfare methods 'consistent with genocide': UN committee

Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, accusing ...

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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to a war crime

Israel has overseen the forced mass displacement of Palestinians ... details more than 13 months of widespread destruction ...

Did Israel meet US Gaza aid requirements? Israel, UN respond

The United States on Tuesday said Israel is not currently impeding humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip and therefore is not ...

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF bombs Beirut 30 times in 2 days

Troufanov, 29, was kidnapped from his parents' home in the border kibbutz of Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023. His mother Yelena, ...

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U.S. says Israel now in compliance with law on humanitarian assistance to Gaza

The United States has determined that Israel has substantially met its demand to take "concrete steps" to improve the ...

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Israel Gets US Pass On Gaza Aid But Agencies Say It's Not Enough

Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 43,665 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to figures from ...

CBS News on MSN1d

U.N. says Gaza "unfit for human survival" as Biden admin decides to continue arming Israel

"Israel's actions failed to meet any of the specific criteria ... "We would like to see some more changes happen." Earlier ...

UN, Israel at odds over cause of decline in aid deliveries: 'False narratives by international community'

Suffering in Gaza continues as conflict drags into its 13th month. With both the U.N. and U.S. at odds with Israel over aid, ...

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