Rafah crossing not expected to open Friday for vital Gaza aid, sources tell CNN
The Rafah crossing is not expected to open Friday for a convoy of humanitarian aid to get to Gaza, multiple sources told CNN,
US officials now expect that the first convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt will cross the border this weekend, possibly by Saturday.
13 killed including five children in occupied West Bank’s refugee camp:
Israel has stepped up raids on towns and cities in the occupied West Bank since Hamas’s successful operation Al-Aqsa Storm.
The Palestinian health ministry said on Friday that a total of 13 people, including five children, were killed in confrontations with occupying Israeli regime forces in Nur Shams refugee camp that began on Thursday, Al-Jazeera reported.
Gaza church bombed:
At least eight people killed in Israeli air attack on the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church compound, officials in Gaza say.
Biden to seek $60 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel:
US President Joe Biden will ask Congress for $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel, a source familiar with his plan told Reuters.
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