cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37953524

Israel must allow UN agencies, including UNRWA, into Gaza to deliver aid, the International Court of Justice rules, and denies Israeli claims that Hamas had “infiltrated” UNRWA; Israel responds that UNRWA will “not set foot” in Gaza again. Premature births in Gaza have risen from 20% to 70% since October 2023, a new UN report says. Palestinian factions open formal talks in Cairo to coordinate a unified position ahead of the second phase of ceasefire negotiations. Israel’s Knesset passes preliminary legislation to extend Israeli civil law to all West Bank settlements, codifying its annexation of the region; U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responds that Washington “can’t be supportive of that right now.” President Donald Trump threatens San Francisco with ICE raids akin to the operations in Portland and Chicago, sending a deployment to the Alameda Coast Guard base. Many of the agency’s new recruits are being trained without background checks, according to NBC. The U.S. military carries out yet another strike on a Latin American boat—this time off the Pacific coast, killing two to three people, while Venezuela deploys Russian anti-aircraft missiles to strategic positions. The U.S. lifts restrictions on Ukraine’s use of British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles, enabling Kyiv to strike targets within Russia, and adds sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies. Twenty civilians are killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. ISIS reasserts itself in the new Syria.