Too many in Gaza have lost someone they love.   Months ago, Congress blocked funding for UNRWA, the main source of humanitarian aid in Gaza. I’m leading the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act w/ Rep. Pramila Jayapal & Jan Schakowsky because it’s a lifeline to thousands of families.

Hizbullah will not give Israel, and Netanyahu specifically, what he wants—a full out war. Regardless of the veracity of Israel's claims about eliminating Ibrahim Aqil and several Radwan Force commanders, Hizbullah is likely to maintain its current policy of the "sub-threshold

Hezbollah officially announces that “Principal Jihadi Commander” Ibrahim Akil, aka Haj Abdul Qader was killed in the Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburb.

20 September OCHA Syria briefing to UN Security Council on Syria humanitarian situation: reliefweb.int/report/syrian-…

The confirmed strike against so many top Hezbollah commanders in yesterday's strike is a heavier blow than the pager and walkie-talkie attacks the other day. Likely the greatest penetration & hardest single hit Hezbollah has suffered in decades, perhaps ever. Still, Hezbollah 1/

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 21 (Reuters) - At least 31 people died in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb on Friday, the Lebanese health ministry said on Saturday, including three children and seven women, in the deadliest strike in a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

1st time I see this: JPost is trying now to absurdly turn Minister Abiad's MoH into "Hezbollah-Run": "....were among the 37 people that Lebanon's Hezbollah-run health ministry said were killed in an Israeli airstrike." Not so subtle, dangerous indicator. jpost.com/breaking-news/…

feels like a statement of “concern” may be forthcoming from the State Department

Even if the worst is somehow avoided, it is unconscionable to have reached this point. Allowing this escalatory drift is negligent. And the U.S. is in no way simply a bystander and risks deeper involvement in the conflict.

A ferocious day (& night) across Leb-Israeli border. Death toll from Friday’s Israeli airstrike in #Beirut is 37; civilians + 16 Hizballah operatives incl. high-level commanders in a significant blow. Some 21 ppl still missing believed under rubble. Search & rescue op continues

Death toll in Israeli strike that pulverized a residential building in Beirut’s southern suburbs rises to 45. Search still ongoing for missing people — health ministry

For the past year, the confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah has typically been described as a carefully calibrated tit-for-tat along an escalation ladder. But this framework no longer holds, and hasn’t for a while. 🧵1/6

U.S. officials tell Axios's Ravid that, basically, U.S. and Israel are now partners in escalating military pressure on Hizbullah to force it to de-link Lebanon support front from Gaza war and agree to separate deal: axios.com/2024/09/21/us-…

.The Washington Post's susannah george and suzan Haidamous on how Israeli pager attack that mostly hit Hizbullah reservists and civilian affiliates provides insight into organization's size and structure: washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

.The New York Times' Declan Walsh and Christoph Koettl: UAE delivering arms, operating drones in support of Sudan's RSF under cover of Emirati Red Crescent relief operation across Chadian border: nytimes.com/2024/09/21/wor…

.Century International colleague Sajad Jiyad سجاد on stabilizing the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral relationship: tcf.org/content/report…

July 2024 WFP Syria sitrep, including latest on food assistance substantially reduced due to funding shortfalls: reliefweb.int/report/syrian-…