6 hours ago US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the groundMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure on the Netanyahu government to allow more aid into the territory.The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the security council on Wednesday at a meeting convened by France UK and Algeria that such a policy “would not just be horrific and unacceptable” but also had “implications under international and US law”. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Extremist Israeli ministers still face threat of UK sanctions, Sir Keir Starmer says

PM also confirms urgent UN Security Council meeting over Israeli blockade of Gaza aid

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11 hours ago UK considering sanctions for Israeli ministers amid ‘dire’ situation in Gaza

The UK, along with France and Algeria, has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss the lack of aid entering northern Gaza.

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16 hours ago US threatens to cut off arms supply to Israel: Strongest known warning sent to Netanyahu since war began calls for greater humanitarian aid in Gaza

The White House demanded concrete action to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza be taken within 30 days, lest Israel face restrictions on its military aid from Washington

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18 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel launches strikes on southern Beirut for first time in almost a week

IDF says the airstrike targeted an underground Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the Dahiyeh area of southern BeirutUS warns Israel of potential halt to arms transfers if Gaza aid is not distributedIran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi is visiting Jordan, Egypt and Turkey as part of Tehran’s diplomatic outreach to countries in the region “to end genocide, atrocity and aggression”, the Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesperson said on Wednesday in a post on X, Reuters reports.The IDF says it has hit an underground Hezbollah strategic weapons storage depot in the Dahiyeh area in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in a statement posted on X. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago US warns Israel to increase aid into Gaza or risk losing weapon access

The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding

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28 hours ago US warns Israel of potential halt to arms transfers if Gaza aid is not distributed

A private letter from Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin to Benjamin Netanyahu gives Israel 30 days to actThe Biden administration has warned Israel that it faces possible punishment, including the potential stopping of US weapons transfers, if it does not take immediate action to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza.A letter written jointly by Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, and Lloyd Austin, the defence secretary, exhorts Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ease humanitarian suffering in the territory by lifting restrictions on the entry of assistance within 30 days or face unspecified policy “implications”. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago US warns Israel humanitarian crisis in Gaza could threaten military aid

Letter from Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin signals frustration at civilian toll of war against Hamas

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30 hours ago America tells Israel it could withhold military support unless more is done to get aid to Gaza

It comes as Israel continues it war in Gaza and Lebanon

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