Top IDF lawyers expressed concerns over the Israeli military’s actions inside Gaza during the course of the two-year genocide and warned that evidence was emerging that could link the Israelis to war crimes, Reuters reported, citing five former U.S. officials.
The Israeli Knesset last week gave approval to a bill that critics say would give the government “full control” over the country’s media.
The Israeli Defense Force is in the process of dividing Gaza in half with a so-called Yellow Line that separates Palestinians in the West and armed Israeli forces in the East, ready to pull the trigger over the slightest violation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “powerful” strikes inside Gaza after claiming that his forces came under Hamas fire while in Khan Younis, which is in the southern part of the Strip.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addressed a megachurch in San Antonio last Sunday and told those in attendance that churches across the U.S. must face the growing trend of “antisemitism” emerging on the right and need to wake up to the problem.
The Israeli Knesset last voted on two separate bills that were seen as symbolic but intended to send the message that Israel has sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, despite the White House’s earlier rejection of such a move, and Vice President JD Vance visited that country at the time of the vote.
The ceasefire in Gaza remains in place as of Tuesday, with daily violations by the Israelis as the death toll inside Gaza hit 68,229 Palestinians, along with at least 170,361 injured. There are about 10,000 Palestinians missing in the rubble.
The Houthis announced last week that one of the group’s top commanders died in an airstrike coordinated between the Israelis and Americans, according to reports.
Hamas has taken an active role in Gaza amid the early stages of the ceasefire with Israel, proving to Israel that not only is it not defeated, but capable of filling the power vacuum left behind as Israeli forces move to the perimeter of the battered enclave.
The U.S. told Israel to “show restraint” on Sunday after Tel Aviv accused Hamas of carrying out attacks on IDF troops inside Gaza, as both sides approached the deal with some level of expectation that Israel will ramp up its massacre campaign inside the enclave.