The Israeli parliament approved on Wednesday by a vast majority of votes a draft government resolution rejecting the recognition of a Palestinian state by Israel under international pressure.
On Saturday, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of the state of Virginia criticized the recent decision by the US State Department to approve a deal to sell artillery shells and related equipment to Israel for $147.5 million.
Israel-Hamas War News Live Updates: Hamas officials are "close to reaching a truce agreement" with Israel and the group has delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement sent to Reuters by his aide.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and he should be shot and killed without trial, said Congress leader and Kasargod MP Rajmohan Unnithan at a Palestine solidarity rally in Kasargod on Saturday. Unnithan also expressed solidarity with Hamas and said they are not terrorists.