As pro-Palestinian protests continued against the war, Israel’s military also said it was moving into an area of devastated northern Gaza where it said the militant group Hamas has regrouped after seven months of fighting. Israeli troops have captured the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, forcing it to shut down. President Joe Biden has said he won’t provide offensive weapons to Israel for Rafah. Airstrikes in northern GazaHeavy fighting was also underway in northern Gaza, where Rear Admiral Hagari said the air force was carrying out airstrikes. Civil authorities in Gaza gave more details of the mass graves that the Health Ministry announced earlier in the week at Shifa hospital, the largest hospital in northern Gaza and the target of an earlier Israeli offensive.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 11, 2024 22:04 UTC