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     Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas fighters launch rocket attack on Israel

     More than six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.

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   On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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     STORY: :: Graphic Warning Air raid sirens blared in Tel Aviv on Sunday (May 26), sending residents running for cover for the first time in months. The Hamas militant group said it had launched a missile attack on Israel's largest city. :: Herzliya, Israel Video obtained by Reuters shows the remains of a rocket outside a school. Another rocket struck the roof of this home in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv. The Israeli military said eight projectiles were identified crossing from the area of Rafah, the southern tip of the Gaza Strip. It said a number of the projectiles were intercepted. Israeli emergency services said they had received no reports of casualties. But the volley demonstrated the armed Palestinian group's resilience despite Israel's Gaza offensive. Source: Israeli Military Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas-led militants attacked Israeli communities on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's retaliatory operation is now in its seventh month, and Palestinian health officials say Israel's campaign has killed more than 35,000 people. :: Gaza City, Gaza Swaths of the densely-populated Gaza Strip have been reduced to rubble. :: May 25, 2024 Relief organizations have warned Gaza's population is catastrophically short of food and medicine, and blamed Israel for limiting aid into the enclave. :: Source: Israeli Military To relieve some of the pain, the U.S. military built a pier to receive aid by sea. Video released by the Israeli military on Sunday purports to show trucks loaded with supplies at the new pier. :: Source: Israeli Military Focus in both the fighting and cease-fire talks continues to center on the city of Rafah, where Israeli forces say they are committed to rooting out remaining Hamas fighters. :: May 24, 2024 The International Court of Justice last week ordered Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah, citing the threat to civilians seeking refuge there.

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     Tel Aviv hit by Hamas rockets for first time in months

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     STORY: :: Graphic Warning Air raid sirens blared in Tel Aviv on Sunday (May 26), sending residents running for cover for the first time in months. The Hamas militant group said it had launched a missile attack on Israel's largest city. :: Herzliya, Israel Video obtained by Reuters shows the remains of a rocket outside a school. Another rocket struck the roof of this home in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv. The Israeli military said eight projectiles were identified crossing from the area of Rafah, the southern tip of the Gaza Strip. It said a number of the projectiles were intercepted. Israeli emergency services said they had received no reports of casualties. But the volley demonstrated the armed Palestinian group's resilience despite Israel's Gaza offensive. Source: Israeli Military Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas-led militants attacked Israeli communities on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's retaliatory operation is now in its seventh month, and Palestinian health officials say Israel's campaign has killed more than 35,000 people. :: Gaza City, Gaza Swaths of the densely-populated Gaza Strip have been reduced to rubble. :: May 25, 2024 Relief organizations have warned Gaza's population is catastrophically short of food and medicine, and blamed Israel for limiting aid into the enclave. :: Source: Israeli Military To relieve some of the pain, the U.S. military built a pier to receive aid by sea. Video released by the Israeli military on Sunday purports to show trucks loaded with supplies at the new pier. :: Source: Israeli Military Focus in both the fighting and cease-fire talks continues to center on the city of Rafah, where Israeli forces say they are committed to rooting out remaining Hamas fighters. :: May 24, 2024 The International Court of Justice last week ordered Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah, citing the threat to civilians seeking refuge there.

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     Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months

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     Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months on Sunday in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel's massive air, sea and ground offensive. (AP video shot by Paz bar)

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     Ceasefire talks could resume but Israel-Hamas war rages on

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     STORY: :: Graphic Warning :: Gaza City, Gaza In Gaza City on Saturday, displaced people sheltering at a school were cleaning up after an Israeli airstrike hit the grounds, killing at least 10, according to the ministry of health. This woman was among the hundreds sheltering at the school. "I do not know where to go. We were in the schools in the camp, they threw bombs at us, and burnt down the classrooms, they burnt the tents, a handicapped girl was killed in the tent. Isn't this awful? We came here and we saw catastrophes. We want to flee but we do not know where to go. Where can we go?" :: May 25, 2024 Israeli forces killed dozens in new attacks on the strip, according to Palestinian medics, amid reports that ceasefire talks could soon resume. The Israeli military had said it is trying to prevent Hamas from reestablishing its hold in northern Gaza. :: May 24, 2024 :: The Hague, Netherlands The attacks took place just a day after judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel to halt its offensive on the southern city of Rafah. :: Southern Israel :: May 25, 2024 Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising over the Gaza Strip's southern border. New talks are set to restart next week between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, according to an official with knowledge of the matter. :: Deir al Balah, Gaza :: May 24, 2024 The decision was made after the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency met the head of the CIA and the prime minister of Qatar, said the source, who declined to be identified by name or nationality, given the sensitivity of the matter. A Hamas official denied Israeli media reports that the talks would resume in Cairo on Tuesday, telling Reuters: "There is no date." After more than seven months of war in Gaza, mediators have struggled to secure a breakthrough. :: Gaza City, Gaza :: May 25, 2024 Israel is seeking the release of hostages held by Hamas, while Hamas is seeking the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and an end to the war. Nearly 36,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's offensive in Gaza, Gaza's health ministry says. In Israel, 1,200 people were killed and another 250 seized hostage, according to Israeli tallies, after Hamas-led militants attacked on October 7.

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     Italy resumes UNRWA funding for Palestinians

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     STORY: Italy became the latest country on Saturday (May 25) to resume funding for the United Nations' Palestinian relief organization UNRWA. It made the announcement on a visit to Rome by Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told Mustafa that Italy supported efforts towards a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and improved humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza, her office said in a statement. Italy was one of a number of countries to block aid for UNRWA following accusations by Israel that some of the agency's staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war. The step came a day after judges at the U.N.'s World Court ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide. Foreign minister Antonio Tajani announced a 35 million euro, or $38 million, aid package for the Palestinians, of which five million euros would go to UNRWA projects. UNRWA employs 13,000 people in Gaza, running the enclave's schools, its primary healthcare clinics and other social services, and distributing humanitarian aid. It has set out an action plan to better ensure its impartiality, strengthen internal reviews, and improve how its staff are monitored. In recent weeks, several countries have resumed funding the agency, including Austria and Germany.

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     Top U.N. court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah

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     The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, has ordered Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah, and is repeating its demands that Hamas release all the hostages. Imtiaz Tyab reports on Israel's response from East Jerusalem.

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     Latest on Israel-Hamas war as U.N. court orders end of Rafah operations

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     The International Court of Justice, the United Nations' top judicial body, has ordered Israel to pause all operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Meanwhile, Israel Defense Forces say they have recovered the bodies of three more hostages killed in the initial Hamas attack on Oct. 7. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins to discuss the latest developments in the war.

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     World Court ruling on Israel difficult to enforce, analysts say

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     STORY: :: Enforcement of a World Court ruling ordering Israel to halt its assault on Rafah could be hard to enforce, analysts say :: May 24, 2024 :: Heidi Matthews, Assistant law professor, York University “The court itself doesn't have any enforcement powers, so it's the highest judicial body of the United Nations, but it doesn't have, you know, its own police or military force that would perform that kind of enforcement. What it does have pursuant to the U.N. charter is resort to the security Council." // "And so that's the option. Clearly, the big problem with that is the U.S. veto on the Security Council." :: Kenneth Roth, Former executive director of Human Rights Watch “South Africa used genocide because that was its jurisdiction hook, that's how it could get before the International Court of Justice. And indeed, there is a very credible case of genocide. But the court will not resolve that case on the merits for some time to come. Today's ruling was just a preliminary ruling, which it has a very low threshold of proof. But we should not let the genocide debate deter us from focusing on the other serious war crimes and crimes against humanity that quite clearly are going on." Reading out the ruling, World Court president Nawaf Salam said the situation in the Palestinian enclave had deteriorated since the court last ordered Israel to take steps to improve it, and conditions had been met for a new emergency order. Israel launched its air and ground war on Gaza after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. More than 35,000 Palestinians have since been killed in the offensive, Gaza's health ministry says. Under the U.N. charter the U.N. Security Council could compel enforcement of the ICJ ruling, Matthews said, but it would likely face opposition from the United States which frequently uses its veto power to support Israel.

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     Why the U.N.'s top court is demanding Israel halt Rafah operations

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     The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Israel has not heeded the ruling and defended its military response to the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab has more.

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     Israeli troops have recovered bodies of 3 more hostages from Gaza

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     The bodies of the three hostages who Hamas terrorists murdered on Oct. 7 have now been returned to Israel for burial.

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     ICJ ruling 'not enough' say pro-Palestinian protesters

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     STORY: :: Pro-Palestinian protesters say the International Court of Justice’s ruling is ‘not enough’ :: after the UN's top court ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah :: The Hague, Netherlands :: May 24, 2024 :: ML Hagui, Protester “Today’s hearing is good, but it’s not enough, it’s not enough. We are looking for a free Palestine without any problems, and you see that more than 15,000 children have died. What do you want more? Only a free Palestine, also a free two-state solution is enough.”

 :: Eman Khasawneh, Protester “Yes, we appreciate the halt in Rafah operations, but that’s not merely enough. That’s signaling to us that the rest of Gaza is fair game, and that’s absolutely not OK. We demand a ceasefire.”

 Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide. The court also ordered Israel to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid, and said it must provide access to the besieged enclave for investigators and report back on its progress within one month. Israel has repeatedly dismissed the case's accusations of genocide as baseless, arguing in court that its operations in Gaza are self-defense and targeted at Hamas militants who attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

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     World Court orders Israel to halt Rafah assault

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     STORY: The U.N.'s top court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault on Rafah in southern Gaza. It is a landmark emergency ruling made as part of South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide. The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, has no means to enforce its order. However, the decision is a stark sign of Israel's growing global isolation over its devastating campaign in Gaza. That's particularly since it began its offensive against Rafah this month, against the pleas of its closest ally, the United States. On Friday (May 24), World Court President Nawaf Salam said conditions had deteriorated in the Palestinian enclave since the court last ordered Israel to take steps to improve it. "The court is not convinced that the evacuation efforts and related measures that Israel affirms to have undertaken to enhance the security of civilians in the Gaza strip, and in particular those recently displaced from the Rafah governorate, are sufficient to alleviate the immense risk to which the Palestinian population is exposed as a result of the military offensive in Rafah." Israel launched its air and ground war on Gaza after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel last year, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages according to Israeli tallies. Gaza's health ministry says more than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's offensive. Rafah, Israel says, is serving as a stronghold for thousands of Hamas fighters and senior commanders. It began its armored attack on the city earlier this month - forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee. Rafah had become a refuge for around half Gaza's 2.3 million population. It's also been the main route in for aid. International organizations say Israel's operation has cut off Gaza and raised the risk of famine. "...the humanitarian situation is now to be characterised as disastrous." The World Court ordered Israel to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid. Israel must also provide access for investigators, it added, and report back on its progress within one month. South Africa's international relations department welcomed the ruling as "groundbreaking", saying it is the first time "explicit mention is made for Israel to halt its military action in any area of Gaza." Israel has repeatedly dismissed the South African case's accusations of genocide as baseless. It argues its operations are self-defense and targeted at Hamas militants. On the eve of Friday's decision an Israeli government spokesperson said that "no power on Earth will stop Israel from protecting its citizens and going after Hamas in Gaza."

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     Top UN court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah; Israel is unlikely to comply

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     The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Israel insists it has the right to defend itself from Hamas militants and is unlikely to comply with the ruling.

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     3 more bodies of Israeli hostages recovered

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     The bodies of the three hostages, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, have now been returned to Israel for burial.

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     Video of female Israeli soldiers' abduction aired

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     STORY: Israeli television aired footage on Wednesday of five female army conscripts in their pajamas being seized by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war. The captives' families agreed to air the previously withheld clips, in hope of stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree a truce with Hamas and secure the hostages' release. Among the conscripts is 19-year-old Naama Levy, seen here with her face bloodied, speaking to her captors. The gunmen order Levy and her group to sit against a wall, their hands bound. Some of the clips show exchanges in English. In one, a militant is heard calling the female captives "the cheap ones" in Arabic. While another tells a captive she is beautiful. The young women are later shown being bundled into jeeps and taken away. "Very hard, emotionally..." Levy's brother Amit told Reuters the videos were tough to watch. "But, also watching my little sister handles such an inhumane situation in such a way, she really looks like a superhero to me. And it also gives me and my whole family strength to see her this way, to see the other girls this way... But I know that her time is running out... A deal needs to happen soon." He and relatives of other hostages travelled to London, where they showed Britain's deputy prime minister the video and lobbied for support to bring home their loved ones. "It feels like more than ever things are getting a bit further away, the world forgets. Also maybe the Israeli government needs a reminder of what's the most important thing right now." Levy is part of the Hostages Families Forum, which represents relatives of the 124 people - mostly civilians - believed to still be held by Hamas. The group said the footage came from bodycams worn by gunmen who attacked the army base in southern Israel, where the women served as surveillance spotters. In a statement, it said: "The Israeli government must not waste another moment; it must return to the negotiating table today!" Within hours of its release, Netanyahu's security cabinet convened and authorized an effort to renew the talks, according to an Israeli official. The government also saw the release of the video as an opportunity to shore up support. A spokesperson told reporters, "Watch the film. Support Israel in bringing our people home." Hamas called it a bid to manipulate public opinion, and said the female soldiers were treated "according to the ethics of [their] resistance". Israel's foreign ministry said it would show the video to the ambassadors of Ireland, Norway and Spain. The ministry had summoned them to protest their governments' plans to recognize a Palestinian state.

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     US Speaker Johnson says Netanyahu to address Congress

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     STORY: :: Mike Johnson says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will soon address a joint meeting of Congress :: May 23, 2024 :: Washington, D.C. :: Mike Johnson, U.S. House Speaker "Today, as international bureaucrats have issued arrest warrants for Israel's leaders and likened Israel's just war to the barbarism of October 7th, Washington has been united, I'm proud to tell you in a bipartisan manner against this madness." "Tonight, I'm happy to announce something else to you that we will soon be hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Capitol for a joint session of Congress. Yes, this will be a timely and I think a very strong show of support to the Israeli government in their time of greatest need." Delivering a keynote speech at the Israeli embassy's annual Independence Day reception, Johnson, the top congressional Republican and a critic of the Democratic president’s Israel policy, said it would be “a strong show of support for the Israeli government in their time of greatest need.” Such a speech is sure to further anger some progressive Democrats who are increasingly critical of Israel's military campaign in Gaza and Biden's support for it. The diplomatic gathering came amid strains between Biden and Netanyahu over a U.S. push for Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in the war against Hamas militants in Gaza. Previous U.S. administrations have usually sent a high-level official to the Independence Day receptions, reflecting Israel's status as Washington’s top Middle East ally.

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     Smoke seen rising on the Gaza skyline as the war between Israel and Hamas continues

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     Smoke was seen rising over the Gaza Strip on Friday morning as the Israel-Hamas war rages on across the Palestinian enclave.

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     Israeli video said to show aid trucks on Gaza pier

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     STORY: :: Israeli video said to show aid trucks arriving in Gaza via a U.S.-built floating pier :: May 23, 2024 :: Near Gaza Coast COGAT is an Israeli Defence Ministry agency tasked with coordinating aid deliveries into Palestinian territories. Reuters was able to confirm the location from the terrain layout which matched satellite imagery of the area. Reuters was not able to independently verify the date the video was filmed. COGAT said they were working in cooperation with the Israeli navy and the U.S. to operate the pier adding that on Wednesday (May 22) “27 trucks containing 371 pallets,” were transported to the logistics centers of international aid agencies. Israel is retaliating against Hamas in Gaza - an enclave of 2.3 million people - over a brutal Oct. 7 attack by the Palestinian militants. Aid access into southern Gaza has been disrupted since Israel stepped up military operations in Rafah, a move that the U.N. says has forced 900,000 people to flee and has raised tensions with Egypt.

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     Israel's war cabinet orders negotiators to resume hostage release talks

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     Israel's war cabinet is ordering negotiators to restart hostage release talks with Hamas. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports.

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     ICC Netanyahu warrant a quandary for Israel's allies

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     STORY: International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu creates a quandary for Israel's allies: How can they support Israel and the ICC? ANTONY BLINKEN: "Extremely wrongheaded." RISHI SUNAK: "This is a deeply unhelpful development." Khan's move was the first attempt to go after a sitting, Western-backed head of state. He requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza war. ICC judges must still sign off on it. :: A difficult balance Many European countries support the ICC and also send military support to Israel. Germany has already had to defend its policy of supplying arms to Israel at another international court in The Hague. Tom Buitelaar of the Netherlands' Leiden University says that balance could become hard to maintain. "It's going to be very difficult to say 'we are supporting Israel unconditionally, and we feel that this is the party that we should be supporting in this war' because now the ICC has made a certain declaration, and a certain attack against the legitimacy of the Israeli war effort in Gaza." If warrants are issued, member states would be obliged to detain Netanyahu or Gallant if they got the chance. Buitelaar said governments failing to obey could face legal challenges in their own courts. "It might be challenged though from the domestic level, because many states have implemented the Rome Statute, the important founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, into their domestic laws, which means that parties here could also be challenging, for example the Dutch state, the Dutch government, for a breach of international law if it doesn't arrest the prime minister of Israel in this case." :: Upholding other rulings And then there's the difficulty of upholding some ICC rulings but not others. The United States, like Israel itself, is not a member of the court. But it has supported past prosecutions, for example last year's arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. This time though, U.S. President Joe Biden called the request "outrageous." Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the administration is willing to work with Congress to potentially impose sanctions on ICC officials. :: European divisions The ICC step has exposed divisions among European ICC members. France, Ireland and Spain were among supporters of the decision. The French Foreign Ministry backed quote, "the fight against impunity in all situations." While Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz said: "International law must apply to everyone." Anthony Dworkin, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations: "I think the most important principle at this point is that European countries should not do anything to try and undermine, attack or block, or politically influence the operations of the Court, and I hope that they would consider ultimately that the actions of the Court could be helpful in terms of trying to bring an end to any crimes that are being committed there..." The exposed divisions reflect a deeper international schism over the Palestinians' longtime quest for statehood. This moved to the forefront on Wednesday (May 21) when Ireland, Norway and Spain said they would recognize a Palestinian state.

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     Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei meets Haniyeh in Tehran, says elimination of Israel 'feasible'

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     Iran's supreme leader told Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniyeh that the elimination of Israel was a divine promise and is feasible. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments during a meeting with the acting President Mohammad Mokhber on Wednesday in Tehran.

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     In historic move, Ireland, Spain and Norway will recognize a Palestinian state

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     Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel immediately denounced the decisions and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries.

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     Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state - AP explains

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     Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza.

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     Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognize Palestinian state

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     STORY: SIMON HARRIS: "Today, Ireland, Norway, and Spain are announcing that we recognize the state of Palestine." Ireland, Spain and Norway announced on Wednesday (May 22) that they would recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, urging other Western countries to follow suit. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the three countries hoped the step would accelerate efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Israel immediately recalled its ambassadors. Earlier in May, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full member, which would effectively recognize a Palestinian state. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris: "I'm confident that further countries will join us in taking this important step in the coming weeks. This is an historic and important day for Ireland and for Palestine." The decision was welcomed by the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli occupied West Bank, and by Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. But Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the recognition undermined Israel's right to self-defense and efforts to return the 128 hostages being held by Hamas. Sanchez said Israel had a right to respond to the militant group's October 7 attack on southern Israel, when 1,200 people were killed according to Israeli tallies. But not as it had in Gaza. "And if one thing is clear to me, it is that Prime Minister Netanyahu has no peace project for Palestine. Fighting the terrorist group is legitimate and necessary after the events of 7 October. But Netanyahu is creating so much pain and so much destruction and so much rancour in Gaza and the rest of Palestine that the viability of a two-state solution is in serious danger." At a pro-Palestinian solidarity camp in Madrid, students mostly welcomed the announcement but warned it wasn't enough. Daniel Mair-Richard: “These are empty words. It does us no good to recognize the Palestinian state if you continue to sell arms to Israel when a genocide is taking place. We demand an end to these empty gestures and call for the immediate cut-off of relations with Israel now and stop the arms trade because genocide is being committed with these weapons and we do not want to be complicit in genocide.” European states have varied in approach - France said on Wednesday conditions were not yet met to recognize Palestine as a state.

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     Blinken speaks at House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on 2025 budget

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     Some House Republicans expressed deep disagreements with how the Biden administration has handled the Israel-Hamas war.

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     Netanyahu criticizes ICC, vows to press on in Rafah

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     Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled for safety to Gaza's southern city of Rafah are again being displaced as Israel vows to expand its military offensive there. CBS News' Imitaz Tyab breaks down the latest moves in the Israel-Hamas war.

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