Biden administration says Israel&s use of US weapons in Gaza likely broke international law

The Biden administration has said that Israel&s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented US officials from determining that for certain in specific air strikes.

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UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the U.N. Security Council "reconsider the matter favourably."

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Israel&s Eurovision song explained after controversial lyrics changed

Israel has qualified for the Eurovision grand final following a public vote.

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Netanyahu defies ally Joe Biden and says Israel will ‘fight with fingernails& if US stops arms supplies

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is willing to &stand alone& and &fight with our fingernails& in the war on Gaza, a thinly-veiled rebuttal to ally Joe Biden&s warning that the US could stop supplying him with arms.

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‘If we must, we shall fight with our fingernails& & Netanyahu launches fresh attacks on Rafah as peace talks hit a dead end

Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah yesterday, Palestinian residents said, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed US president Joe Biden&s threat to withhold weapons from Israel if it assaults the southern Gaza city.

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Palestinians enduring ‘collective punishment& by Israel, ambassador tells nurses& conference in Dublin

People appear to have been buried alive at a mass grave at a hospital in Gaza, the Palestinian ambassador to Ireland told a nurses& conference today.

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