Hamas leaders leave Egypt after talks
Hamas’ political leader has left Egypt after talks with officials in the country about a cease-fire with Israel and a hostage exchange deal, the militant group said in a statement today.
Ismail Haniyeh left with several other Hamas’ leaders after discussions with Egyptian intelligence director Abbas Kamel, the statement issued on Telegram said. It is unclear whether any progress was made.
The group left after White House Middle East adviser Brett McGurk arrived at Cairo in hopes for talks about a pause in the fighting in Gaza and a potential end to the conflict in the enclave.
IDF troops conduct ground operations in Gaza
Israeli soldiers patrol on foot at an undisclosed location during ongoing ground operations in Gaza today.
There is ‘no health system to speak of left in Gaza,’ Doctors Without Borders says
There is “no health system to speak of left in Gaza,” the secretary general of Doctors Without Borders said in a briefing to the U.N. Security Council yesterday.
“Israel’s military has dismantled hospital after hospital,” Chris Lockyear said. “What remains is so little in the face of such carnage. It is preposterous.”
“The excuse given is that medical facilities have been used for military purposes, yet we have seen zero independently verified evidence of this,” he said.
“In exceptional circumstances where a hospital loses its protected status, any attack must follow the principles of proportionality and precaution,” he added. “Instead of adherence to international law, we see the systematic disabling of hospitals. This has left the entire medical system inoperable.”
British-born woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses appeal against removal of citizenship
A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State terrorist group lost her latest appeal today over the removal of her U.K. citizenship.
The British government took away Shamima Begum’s citizenship on national security…
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