Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the building’s roof before police moved in to make arrests, according to New York City police.
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The Hezbollah terrorist group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday.
Israel’s prime minister on Saturday called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met.
Action on the bill was just the latest reverberation in Congress from the protest movement that has swept university campuses.
A brawl erupted at UCLA after a pro-Palestinian encampment was “forcefully attacked,” the school’s chancellor said.
The Biden administration said it is evaluating proposals for helping Palestinians living in the United States who want to help their families get to safety.
Hamas wants assurances that the eventual freeing of all the hostages will bring the end of Israel’s offensive and its full withdrawal from Gaza.
The meeting by secure video conference was described by both sides as constructive and productive, as Washington encourages the Israelis to avoid all-out assault on the city.
The drones, which were destroyed Saturday morning, posed a threat to U.S. and coalition forces and merchant vessels in the region, said the U.S. Central Command.
The Israeli military has described the raid on Shifa Hospital as a major battlefield victory in the nearly six-month war.
The agency is the main supplier of food, water and shelter in Gaza, but it is also on the brink of financial collapse.
Biden said the airdrops would begin soon and that the United States was looking into additional ways to facilitate getting aid into the war-battered territory to ease the suffering of Palestinians.
Britain’s top diplomat said Thursday that his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of talks on two-state solution.
It was sent to the Eastern Mediterranean to be within striking distance of Israel since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
The troop movement could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas of Gaza, particularly in the northern half.
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