In call on Monday, US president also reportedly told PM that threats to strike Iran ‘aren’t helping’ nuclear talks; CENTCOM chief says White House has ‘wide range of options’ if negotiations fail
WASHINGTON/THE HAGUE, June 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court, an unprecedented retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
US President Donald Trump denied that he has grown “frustrated” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing the wanted war criminal as someone who has “a tough situation.”
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
President Trump on Thursday suggested the U.S. would look to take control of the Gaza Strip and turn it into a “freedom zone,” highlighting one of his more controversial foreign policy proposals during a visit to Qatar.
GAZA: Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released from Hamas captivity, 31 killed, 73 wounded in Gaza Strip in last 24 hours ■ CEASE-FIRE: U.S. hopes Alexander's release 'marks the beginning of the end' of the war; Israeli delegation will arrive in Doha for negotiations ■ IRAN: Neighboring countries warned by Iranian military official to 'stay neutral' during Trump visit to Gulf
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a plan for the U.S. to lead the administration of Gaza after Israel’s siege, similar to how Washington ran Iraq after the 2003 American-led invasion.
Two months into Israel’s latest siege of Gaza, an American official argued to the International Court of Justice that Tel Aviv is within its rights to deprive Palestinians of food, medicine, and other aid.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is visiting the US and said on Wednesday that during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, he received support from Republican leadership for his plan to bomb food and aid warehouses in Gaza.
The UN humanitarian office on Tuesday warned that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached its most critical point since the war began, as aid deliveries have been blocked for 51 consecutive days.
Mike Huckabee, the US’s new ambassador to Israel, responded to the World Health Organization (WHO) asking him to pressure Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza by shifting the blame to Hamas, backing Israel’s collective punishment of the civilian population of Gaza.
A wave of Israeli air strikes has hit multiple encampments for displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing dozens of people, according to the enclave’s civil defence agency.
A Jewish supremacist known for his role in the violent settler movement, Netanyahu's national security minister reportedly plans to meet with Kristi Noem, and more.
Israel set to receive over 3,000 US munitions to boost Air Force readiness for a major Gaza operation, with attention also on Iran; additional 10,000 munitions, frozen under Biden, released after Trump returned to White House
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Monday and reaffirmed their desire for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, both claiming that there are other countries willing to take in the Palestinian population.
On Saturday, Yemen’s SABA news agency reported that footage shared by President Trump that showed a US airstrike in Yemen hit a religious gathering, not a Houthi military meeting as the president claimed.
Hostage families slams expanded operation, says government ‘sacrificing the hostages’ for ‘territorial gains;’ IDF hits Hamas command center housed in UNRWA clinic, killing at least 8
All bakeries in Gaza have been forced to close as flour and other food supplies are running out due to the Israeli blockade on all goods entering Gaza, which was imposed on March 2.
