Israel at war day 118
- Top UK diplomat says Britain could recognize a Palestinian state before a peace deal with Israel is reached
- Quatar Foreign Minister says Israel has agreed to a ceasefire and they have a commitment from Hamas it should be finalized in next few weeks
- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Pentagon does not “see an all-out conflict between Israel and Hezbollah” breaking out
- A senior US official flatly denies a recent report that the Biden administration is considering slowing down the supply of weapons to Israel to put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid growing disagreements over Jerusalem’s prosecution of its war against Hamas.
- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is accusing US President Joe Biden of making common cause with antisemites and legitimizing attacks on Israeli settlers by putting fresh sanctions on Israeli extremists who attack West Bank Palestinians. “This is an immoral BDS campaign that turns victims into attackers and sanctions the spilling of settler blood. It’s too bad the Biden administration is cooperating with these actions,” the far-right minister adds.
- The IDF has withdrawn the 55th Brigade from the Gaza Strip and it has been replaced with other forces in the Khan Younis area, the military says. Troops of the reserve paratroopers brigade operated in Khan Younis in recent weeks, killing numerous Hamas operatives and locating and demolishing some 70 tunnel shafts, the IDF says.
- President Biden is expected to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlers involved in” attacks against Palestinians”, Politico reports.
Biden also considered sanctioning right wing Ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich.
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