Not for the first time, Israeli settlers seem to have had no difficulty stopping and ransacking a Jordanian aid convoy bound for Gaza.

Israel is calling this a “limited” operation, but aid agencies fear difficult days ahead. UN source tells me: “Once this thing gets going, if there is no nuanced enabling for our programming the aid operation as we know it is over.”

IDF: “In the last few minutes, flyers were dropped calling on the residents of eastern Rafah to evacuate temporarily toward the expanded humanitarian area.”

After months of anticipation and threats, the first concrete signs that Israel’s military operation in #Rafah is coming. Around 100,000 Palestinians are being told to leave the SE corner of the Gaza Strip. The start of what could be a protracted process.

Ha’aretz: “Every commander sets the rules for himself.” haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Deconfliction not working in Gaza bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

What might a Gaza ceasefire look like and how we got here. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

The aid situation in Gaza. Bad and in real danger of getting worse. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

After two days of being denied entry into the Nasser Medical Complex in #Gaza , yesterday World Health Organization (WHO) and partners were allowed to go inside to assess the patients. As a result, lifesaving medical referral of 14 critical patients was facilitated. Two patients needed continuous manual

A brutally honest voice from Gaza, published 2 weeks ago. haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

Israel special forces enter besieged Nasser hospital bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Israel’s assault on Rafah looms but no plan yet to evacuate civilians bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

For all its many flaws (the endless procession of unchecked lies, obviously) the Tucker-Putin interview was kind of fascinating. And pointless to dismiss.

Why does Hamas place importance on al-Aqsa in its response to the ceasefire proposal? One of Jerusalem’s pre-eminent experts explains.

LIVE: US's Antony Blinken holds briefing with Qatari leader x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says the US has received Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire framework deal. Will discuss with Israel tomorrow. PM of Qatar says the response is 'promising.' #GazaConflict

The US and UK are locked into a set of responses that, for now, aren’t working. Can’t be seen to back down but the #Houthis seem entirely undeterred. #Yemen

Alright, I went to my husband’s best friend’s birthday yesterday, and here’s a little linguistic case study for you guys. I’ve known this group of friends since about 2016, and for a while we all used to speak russian when hanging out together.

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