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Oil prices continued to rise on Thursday amid signs of strong demand and slowing inflation in the US.
The Biden administration plans to provide Israel with $1 billion worth of weapons and ammunition, including $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million for tactical vehicles, and $60 million for mortar shells.
Jordan foiled an Iranian-backed plan to smuggle weapons into the kingdom to carry out sabotage by a Hamas-affiliated Muslim Brotherhood cell.
Almost 450,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah in southern Gaza Strip in one week.
Israel and Egypt traded accusations over the blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza at the Rafah crossing, with Israel calling on Egypt to reopen the crossing and Egypt condemning Israel's attempts to shift blame for the crisis.
According to documents found by the Israeli military, Hamas plans to establish secret bases in Turkey and other countries to coordinate attacks on Israeli targets, including assassinations and sabotage operations.
The White House does not consider the killing of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel during the war with Hamas to be genocide and condemns attacks on humanitarian aid convoys.
According to U. S. officials, Israel has concentrated enough troops on the outskirts of Rafah to potentially launch a full-scale ground operation in the coming days, despite the Biden administration's warnings against such an invasion.
Biden said that a truce in Gaza could begin as early as tomorrow if Hamas releases the hostages it is holding. In turn, Hamas accuses Netanyahu of obstructing the ceasefire talks and using them as a cover for an attack on Rafah.
A rocket fired from Gaza hits a building in Ashkelon (Israel), injuring 3 people who were hospitalized.
The European Union plans to provide Ukraine with broad security commitments, including political, military, economic, and reconstruction assistance, by early July, but excluding direct EU military involvement in combat operations against Russia.
For 3 days, humanitarian aid was not allowed to enter the Gaza Strip through the southern checkpoints.
Israel's military cabinet approved a limited expansion of the IDF's operation in Rafah, Gaza, so as not to anger the Biden administration, and instructed hostage negotiators to prepare a new proposal for a potential deal.
Israel will continue its operation against Hamas in Rafah and other places in the Gaza Strip, despite US warnings to stop arms supplies.
Israel shelled the Rafah area of Gaza, killing a senior commander of the Islamic terrorist group al-Mujahideen Brigades and several civilians.
Oil prices rose on Thursday amid falling US crude stockpiles and increased Chinese imports, supporting expectations of rising demand in the world's two largest oil consuming countries.
Hamas refuses to make further compromises on the terms of the ceasefire with Israel, despite ongoing talks in Cairo aimed at halting Israel's offensive in Gaza.
Biden threatens to cut off arms supplies to Israel if it enters Rafah and uses U. S.-supplied weapons against civilians.
In Cairo, negotiations on a truce between Israel and Hamas resumed with the participation of all parties, including representatives of Qatar, the United States and Egypt, aimed at agreeing on the terms of a ceasefire in the seven-month war in the Gaza Strip.
The U. S. suspends arms shipments to Israel over fears of a possible invasion of Rafah in Gaza.
The United States has completed the construction of a floating pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip to receive humanitarian aid, but bad weather has delayed its final deployment.
CIA chief William Burns visits Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials amid efforts to bring about a cease-fire in Gaza and a possible hostage exchange.
Delegations from Hamas and Israel arrived in Cairo for talks on a ceasefire and a potential prisoner exchange mediated by Egypt and Qatar.
ProPublica won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigative reporting exposing the lavish gifts and free trips that billionaires have given to Supreme Court justices over the years. The Pulitzer Prize also honors work in journalism in 15 different categories. This year there is a special award for journalists covering the war between Israel and Hamas.
Oil prices rose after Israel struck Rafah in Gaza.
Israel has taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt, seizing a key road and striking more than 50 Hamas targets overnight.
According to reports, Israeli air strikes in Rafah (Gaza) killed at least 8 Palestinians and injured several others.
Israeli tanks entered the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, coming within 200 meters of the Egyptian border, despite Hamas's acceptance of a ceasefire offer from Egypt and Qatar.
Hamas accepts Egypt and Qatar's ceasefire proposal to end the war with Israel, but Jerusalem said it does not support the deal proposed by Cairo.
Oil futures rose on Monday after Saudi Arabia raised June oil prices for most regions, and after the prospect of a quick ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip became unlikely, reviving fears that fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces will soon resume.