Following a US veto that foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership, they are turning to the General Assembly.
Israel has long resisted the idea of a permanent ceasefire, insisting it must finish dismantling Hamas.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,904 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.Israeli troops this week seized and closed the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza — through which all fuel passes into the territory — after ordering residents of eastern Rafah to evacuate.
Many have returned to the city of Khan Yunis, where intense fighting raged earlier this year, or are crowded into shelters along the seashore in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.“On the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing, the troops eliminated several terror cells during close-quarters combat and with an aerial strike,” a statement said.
In the CNN interview in which he threatened to stop some weapons supplies if Israeli forces “go into Rafah”, Biden deplored that American bombs had already been used to kill civilians in Gaza.
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