“Now, three weeks later, with ceasefire talks stalled, those involved are raising questions about the motives of Egypt, which for years has served as a key intermediary between Israel and Hamas, particularly Hamas members inside Gaza.”

“As soon as we learned about the reports, the White House and the State Department immediately engaged with the Government of Israel at high levels to express our serious concern and ask them to reverse this action,” Adrienne Watson told Oliver Darcy Hadas Gold

“We were all duped.'

A look at why the latest round of negotiations fell apart.

From Alex Marquardt and Jeremy Diamond

cnn.com/2024/05/21/pol…

$320m for a pier that took weeks to build.

Netanyahu is being interviewed by Jake Tapper in the 4pmET The Lead CNN.

The coffins of:

President Ebrahim Raisi (top)
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (bottom left)
Head of president's security Seyed Mehdi Mousavi (bottom right)

Arab & Palestinian Americans left a mtg w/ Blinken on Friday frustrated not to have a clear understanding of how the Biden admin might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza⁩, w ⁦Khalil Abdallah⁩ cnn.com/2024/05/18/pol…

Just watch this. So many lost limbs, so many lost lives. By my dear friend and incredible journalist Jomana Karadsheh Scott

An American doctor near Rafah, Sameer Khan, talks to me about the crippled medical system, the lack of supplies, people who are dying who shouldn't and Palestinians fleeing in fear of the Israeli military operation. He's on an int'l mission with FAJR Scientific

The US pier for Gaza aid has been anchored. cnn.com/2024/05/15/pol…

'Now, with deepfake audio and video much easier to produce and the presidential election just six months away, US officials have grown more concerned over how a foreign influence campaign might exploit artificial intelligence to mislead voters.'

NEW: US intelligence sees Russia step up disinformation campaign against Ukraine’s Zelensky cnn.com/2024/05/15/pol…