A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday.
War in Israel
U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance program authorized by President Biden.
The agency is the main supplier of food, water and shelter in Gaza, but it is also on the brink of financial collapse.
Biden said the airdrops would begin soon and that the United States was looking into additional ways to facilitate getting aid into the war-battered territory to ease the suffering of Palestinians.
Humanitarian aid groups appealed on Thursday to the European Union to release funds due to the main U.N. agency that delivers aid to people in the Gaza Strip.
A federal civil rights complaint was filed Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education against the Berkeley Unified School District.
President Joe Biden said he remains hopeful about the prospects for a temporary pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, but that it’s unlikely to begin by Monday.
The attack comes as the Houthis continue a series of assaults at sea over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Florida is among several states seeking to define antisemitism. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a similar bill last month.
Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel for their safety.
Mediators hope to reach an agreement before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts around March 10. But so far, Israel and Hamas have remained far apart on their demands.
The start of Ramadan, which is expected to be around March 10, is seen as an unofficial deadline for a deal.
The resignation comes amid a chaotic stretch for the Cambridge campus, ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks and the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
Two hundred thousand Israelis had to flee rocket fire on their towns and villages. No one knows when they might go back. But friends, Israelis can endure all of this.
President Joe Biden expressed hope negotiators would secure a temporary pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.