• Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Daily The Business
  • Privacy Policy
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Daily The Business
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
DTB
No Result
View All Result
DTB

Israeli army steps up attacks across Gaza as top US official visits Israel

May 20, 2024
in Uncategorized
Israeli army steps up attacks across Gaza as top US official visits Israel
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsapp

Air and ground attacks kill dozens across besieged enclave as US adviser Jake Sullivan holds talks with Israeli leaders.

The Israeli army has stepped up attacks across Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians in the central part of the besieged enclave, as US national security adviser Jake Sullivan travelled to Israel to hold talks with senior officials.

Sullivan was expected to press Israeli leaders on Sunday to take a more targeted approach in the country’s Gaza offensive and avoid a wider-scale assault on the southern city of Rafah.

He met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and was also expected to hold discussions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has vowed to move forward with the Rafah offensive despite warnings from the United States.

Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched an assault on the city last week, according to the United Nations, prompting condemnations from UN officials as well as human rights groups.

The Israeli government maintains that a military operation there is necessary to destroy the last bastion of the Palestinian group Hamas.

The Israeli military has carried out intensified air and ground attacks across the Palestinian territory, with air strikes killing at least 31 people on Sunday in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Reporting from the site of the attack, media’s Hani Mahmoud said a residential home was destroyed while surrounding buildings “sustained a great deal of damage” and had been rendered uninhabitable.

Israeli forces also pushed deeper into the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza overnight and into Sunday, returning to an area that they said they had cleared earlier in the conflict, residents said.

The Gaza Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that rescue teams have so far recovered the bodies of 150 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army in recent days, and that 300 houses had been struck by Israeli aerial and ground fire.

Sullivan’s trip to Israel – the latest by a senior US official since the war broke out in early October – comes as President Joe Biden has faced widespread criticism domestically for his unwavering support for Israel amid the Gaza war.

‘Open those crossings’

Despite saying it disagrees with a full-scale Rafah operation, Biden’s administration has continued to provide Israel with military and diplomatic support. Last week, Washington announced plans to provide an additional $1bn in military aid to the top US ally.

Israel already receives at least $3.8bn in US military assistance annually, and rights advocates have urged the Biden administration to curb its support as the Gaza death toll continues to rise.

Desperate Palestinians were filmed clambering onto aid trucks carrying supplies that were delivered through a newly US-built floating pier.

The pier has been criticised as a complicated and costly alternative to what humanitarian groups say is a more appropriate and much simpler solution: for Israel to open land crossings into Gaza to allow aid trucks to deliver supplies.

“The message from all humanitarian agencies is ‘Open those crossings’ – it’s that simple,” the UN’s humanitarian affairs coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told media in an interview on Sunday.

“We are stuck in the south in terms of our operations because we don’t have fuel and trucks are not going through because crossings are blocked, so we have very little to offer to the people of Gaza,” Griffiths said.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu has vowed to keep fighting Hamas until the group’s military capacity is destroyed.

But the Israeli prime minister has failed to deliver a post-war plan for Gaza and to bring home the more than 100 captives still held in the enclave – and he is facing heightened political pressure inside Israel.

On Saturday, as tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in cities across the country, war cabinet member and former defence minister Benny Gantz threatened to quit the government should Netanyahu fail to deliver a clear six-point vision once the conflict ends.

Gantz’s warning marked one of the strongest public displays of a growing rift within the war cabinet.

It also came just a few days after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel should not be involved in governing Gaza once the fighting is over – a statement that stood in contrast to Netanyahu’s previous remarks over the need to maintain Israeli control over the territory.

Tags: dubainewsdubainewstveveryonefollowersIsrael War on Gaza
Share15Tweet10Send
Previous Post

UAE following with great concern reports on Iranian president’s helicopter incident

Next Post

Helicopter crash could reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep

Related Posts

Islamabad court orders jail authorities to allow Imran’s contact with sons, check-up by personal physician
Pakistan

Islamabad court orders jail authorities to allow Imran’s contact with sons, check-up by personal physician

May 14, 2025
Rupee weakens further against US dollar - Markets
Business

Rupee weakens further against US dollar – Markets

May 14, 2025
KSE-100 closes flat as late-session selling erases intra-day gains
Markets

KSE-100 closes flat as late-session selling erases intra-day gains

May 14, 2025
Indian bonds extend rally on strong buying interest from banks, mutual funds
Markets

Indian bonds extend rally on strong buying interest from banks, mutual funds

May 14, 2025
Goodbye to Vigo? Riddara RD6 Electric Pickup Truck to Hit Pakistani Roads
Auto

Goodbye to Vigo? Riddara RD6 Electric Pickup Truck to Hit Pakistani Roads

May 14, 2025
Bangladesh to receive $1.3 billion from IMF as reform deal reached
Markets

Bangladesh to receive $1.3 billion from IMF as reform deal reached

May 14, 2025

Popular Post

  • FRSHAR Mail

    FRSHAR Mail set to redefine secure communication, data privacy

    126 shares
    Share 50 Tweet 32
  • How to avoid buyer’s remorse when raising venture capital

    33 shares
    Share 337 Tweet 211
  • Microsoft to pay off cloud industry group to end EU antitrust complaint

    45 shares
    Share 18 Tweet 11
  • Saudi Arabia Launches World’s First Self-Driving Flying Taxi to Transport Hajj Pilgrims

    43 shares
    Share 17 Tweet 11
  • SingTel annual profit more than halves on $2.3bn impairment charge

    42 shares
    Share 17 Tweet 11
American Dollar Exchange Rate
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Daily The Business
  • Privacy Policy
Write us: info@dailythebusiness.com

© 2021 Daily The Business

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Need Help? Chat with us
Start a Conversation
Hi! Click one of our member below to chat on WhatsApp
The team typically replies in a few minutes.
DTB
No Result
View All Result
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Daily The Business
  • Privacy Policy

© 2021 Daily The Business

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.