U.S. officials say the Israeli plan does not change the administration’s view that full-scale attacks in Rafah would put too many Palestinian civilians at risk and worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis.
A top U.N. official says northern Gaza is in “full-blown famine” amid war between Israel and Hamas and Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.
People across Gaza sent thanks to students protesting on U.S. campuses against Israel; Israeli leaders characterized the demonstrators as 'pro-Palestinian mobs.'