Netanyahu stays unmoved over Rafah invasion during ceasefire negotiations in Qatar

Benjamin Netanyahu said he will keep trying to send troops into Rafah, even though his friends in the West are pressuring him not to.

The leader of Israel told Joe Biden that he strongly intends to attack the southern Gaza city where he thinks Hamas soldiers are hiding.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to make a deal to stop the fighting and free people who are being held in Gaza when he goes to the Middle East soon.

At the same time, Mr. Netanyahu’s intelligence chief, David Barnea, went to meetings in Doha to try to make peace. Qatari officials feel hopeful, but they warn that any attack on the ground could make peace talks harder.

A report supported by the United Nations says that a severe lack of food is about to happen in northern Gaza. Nearly half of the people there are in danger of going hungry.

If we don’t act quickly, there will be a shortage of food until May, according to a group that keeps an eye on hunger around the world.

The UN’s human rights office said that Israel’s limits on aid entering Gaza could be a war crime, but Israel disagreed.

Recently, Israel and some of its Western friends have been having more and more arguments about Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

The UN says Israel might be doing bad things while sending aid to a certain area.

Jeremy Laurence, who works for the UN, said that Israel’s restrictions on aid and how they are fighting in Gaza could be considered a war crime because it might be using starvation as a weapon.