Israel has questioned why the figures,provided by the Hamas-run Health Ministry,for the deaths of women and children has halved.
With impossible war aims,neither side credibly can claim victory. So the conflict grinds on.
Even as Israel attempts to kill the man it considers the architect of the October 7 attack,it has been forced to negotiate with him to free the remaining hostages.
Figures in robes and caps,some waving Palestinian flags,were seen filing out of crowds of graduates assembled in the North Carolina university’s football stadium.
Israel has ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah in defiance of growing pressure from close ally the United States and others.
Residents said tanks,which had moved in to take control of the crossing,had not entered built-up areas of the city and gun battles were still outside the city limits.
The comments represent the most direct threat the president has made to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the war began on October 7.
The Gaza Crossings Authority said in a statement that Israel’s takeover was a “death sentence” against Gazans,particularly the ill and injured.
Over the course of a few hours,the news from the Middle East came into the White House Situation Room fast and furious. Officials rushed to work out the truth.
Hamas said on Monday it had agreed to a three-phased deal for a ceasefire,although an Israeli official said the deal was not acceptable.
Eyewitness videos showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters before police were called to the campus.