Youssef Al Saifi

Oct 31, 2023 | nyti.ms | Natalie Reneau |Malachy Browne |Youssef Al Saifi |Tasneem Ismael Ahel

PinnedIsraeli ground troops and tanks pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip and were edging closer to the territory’s main city, local authorities said on Tuesday, as humanitarian officials warned that there faced a growing catastrophe. The Gazan Interior Ministry said Israeli forces were in al Karama, a neighborhood north of densely populated Gaza City, and Salah al-Din Street, the strip’s main north-south highway.

Oct 30, 2023 | nyti.ms | Youssef Al Saifi

PinnedIsabel Kershner, Vivek Shankar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday forcefully rejected calls for a cease-fire as “calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism,” telling reporters that Israel was “fighting the enemies of civilization itself.”Humanitarian groups and the United Nations General Assembly, among others, have appealed for a cease-fire.

Oct 30, 2023 | nyti.ms | Natalie Reneau |Malachy Browne |Tasneem Ismael Ahel |Youssef Al Saifi

Oct. 30, 2023, 11:37 p.m. ETOct. 30, 2023Oct. 30, 2023Two senior United Nations officials described civilian suffering in Gaza in stark terms at the Security Council on Monday, making urgent appeals for a humanitarian cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas hours after that country’s leader, any such possibility.