Israel said the Gaza executive committee “was not coordinated with Israel and is contrary to its policy,” without details.
Middle East News
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza.
Egypt said it has agreed to send U.N. humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza, but it remained unclear if they will be able to enter the territory.
Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement on Thursday chanting “Free, Free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus.
Protesters packed up their belongings and left after the Philadelphia university’s president announced a decision to have police clear the encampment.
Israel said it would revive stalled cease-fire talks with Hamas after social media video showing female Israeli soldiers being abducted by the terrorists on Oct. 7 sparked a public outcry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News that Karim Khan’s decision turned the ICC into a “pariah institution.”
Sporadic disruptions continued following the dismantling of a pro-Palestinian encampment and some 200 arrests on April 30.
Israel immediately denounced the decisions and recalled its ambassadors from Norway, Ireland and Spain.
John Rakolta, who served under Trump as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and Ed McMullen, who served as ambassador to Switzerland, participated in the meeting.
A procession Tuesday morning led by a semitruck carrying the caskets of the dead slowly moved through the narrow streets of downtown Tabriz.
The campus encampment was set up on April 22, near the end of the school year and just before families began arriving for spring commencement.
The U.S. privately urged the Israeli government to reverse the seizure, two senior U.S. officials said.
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has drawn in other Iranian allies, with each attack and counterattack threatening to set off a wider war.
Across the country, the number of arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the war between Israel and Hamas passed the 3,000 mark.
The Israeli prime minister and other leaders condemned by the move by the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor as disgraceful and antisemitic.
President Joe Biden addressed U.S. student protests over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of Morehouse College that he heard their voices and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too.