For Biden, Israel’s war on Hamas is a serious drain

Israel carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday and told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the city where more than a million people uprooted by the seven-month war are crowded together.

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a 30-minute phone conversation following the evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera, escalating Israel’s long-running feud with the channel at a time when ceasefire negotiations with Hamas — mediated by Qatar — are gaining steam. Qatar is currently hosting Hamas's leadership. “This has probably got a lot more to do with these negotiations, pressure, or some sort of message being sent to Qatar than it has to do with Al Jazeera as a television network,” said John Lyndon, executive director at the Alliance for Middle East Peace.

Thirteen arrested at NYU and 43 at New School, NYPD says, as encampments cleared in downtown Manhattan

Officers detain hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

Unrest amplifies splits in the party over the Gaza conflict and gives Republicans new fodder for campaign attacks

Two other universities showed that the school clearly had other options.

Lawmakers have warned of retaliation if the Hague-based court pursues war crimes charges

The students are demanding that Columbia divest its financial support of Israel, become more transparent and provide blanket amnesty to the protesters

Netanyahu has vowed that the ‘ICC will not affect Israel’s actions’

The threat of a major war in the Middle East has passed because Tehran has decided to bide its time

The package includes $61 billion for Ukraine, with funds destined for purchase of weapons and military equipment

The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Satellite imagery released over the past 24 hours has revealed evidence of probable damage at an Iranian air base following an Israeli strike in the early hours of Friday morning.

After Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel on April 13, Jordan finds itself caught between the two enemies. Friday morning's suspected Israeli strikes in central Iran have intensified fear that the country could be dragged into an escalation against its will. Having been historically neutral in the two countries’ decades-old struggle, the Hashemite kingdom is now seeing its delicate balancing act threatened. 

Little is known of Israel’s retaliatory strike against Iran today. But one expert has warned “the next few hours are critical”.