According to the
white house on Monday, the
united states is "confident" that it would be able to increase the number of relief trucks entering Gaza via the Rafah crossing with
egypt to about 100 per day. Spokesman for the National Security Council
john Kirby stated, "This first phase that we talked to the Israelis about is trying to get it up to about 100 a day," and that as of Sunday, about 45 had passed through. "We have faith that we can arrive there in the next few days."
Israel-Hamas war: IDF targetted Hezbollah positions in LebanonThe Israeli Defence Force announced that in reaction to today's missile
strike and mortar
fire on northern
israel, it targeted several Hezbollah locations in southern Lebanon.
Israel-Hamas war: Israeli minister Benny Gantz says Arab citizens are an integral part of the countryIn an effort to engage the minority, senior
minister Benny Gantz said in a special speech to Israel's Arab residents that they are a "integral part of the Israeli society." According to the Times of
israel, he stated, "Arab Israeli citizens are hurting just like all of us over the
criminal massacre of innocent children, women, and the elderly."
Israel-Hamas war: UN agency says immediate cease-fire ‘matter of life and death’ for Palestinians
In an emergency meeting, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees charged that
israel was subjecting Palestinians to "collective punishment," adding that a humanitarian cease-fire "has become a matter of life and death for millions."