Strong solar storm hits Earth, could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/fc2325…

#UN General Assembly expresses support for #Palestinian statehood voanews.com/a/un-general-a…

#UNSC stmnt on mass graves at #Nasser & #AlShifa hospitals in #Gaza calls for investigators to have unimpeded access to all mass graves in Gaza to conduct immediate, indep, thorough, comprehensive, transparent&impartial investigations to establish circumstances behind the graves

#UN says 142K #Palestinians displaced from #Rafah . #Gaza health facilities & 28 ambulances will run out of fuel w/in 48 hours due to closed aid crossings; 8 #WFP supported bakeries in southern Gaza already ceased working, while 4 others will soon run out of supplies.

🚨 #UN GA resolution calling on the #UN SC to reconsider 'favorably' #Palestine 's application for full #UN membership passes overwhelmingly, with 143 in favor, 9 against & 25 abstentions. 9 No's=Argentina, Czechia, Hungary, #Israel , Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea & #US

#UN GA to vote today on a UAE Mission to the UN -drafted resolution calling on the #UN SC to reconsider 'favorably' #Palestine 's application for full #UN membership, after U.S. Mission to the UN vetoed it in the Council on 4/18/24. watch now: debate & vote: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k…

Humanitarians: Safe evacuation of #Rafah impossible voanews.com/a/7603972.html

Senior admin official tells Patsy Widakuswara #US paused 1 shipment of weapons to #Israel last week of 1800 2000lb bombs & 1700 500lb bombs. US esp focused on impact the end-use of the 2,000lb bombs could have in dense urban area. No final decision yet on how to proceed w/shipment.

#Israeli troops seize #Gaza side of #Rafah crossing, hit Rafah with airstrikes voanews.com/a/israeli-troo…

#UNSG António Guterres calls on #Israel to immediately reopen the #Rafah and #KeremShalom crossings which are used to bring humanitarian aid into #Gaza and evacuate the seriously ill and injured.

Per UN Spokesperson António Guterres reiterates his pressing call to #Israel & #Hamas 'to go the extra mile needed to make an agreement come true and stop the present suffering.' #UNSG 'deeply concerned' by indications a large-scale military operation in #Rafah may be imminent.

The IDF is currently conducting targeted strikes against Hamas terror targets in eastern Rafah in southern Gaza.

#Hamas says it accepts #ceasefire proposal, but #Israel has not commented voanews.com/a/israeli-mili…

‼️ Hamas to AlJazeera : We informed the Qatari & Egyptian mediators that we agreed on their proposal .

#Israeli military calls for evacuations from eastern #Rafah ahead of planned offensive voanews.com/a/7599321.html

We regret cabinet decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel. A free & independent media is essential to ensuring transparency & accountability. Now, even more so given tight restrictions on reporting from Gaza. Freedom of expression is a key human right. We urge govt to overturn ban

#Israel says order to close #AlJazeera includes: “Closure of the channel's offices in Israel, confiscation of its broadcast equipment, preventing broadcasts by the channel's journalists, removing the channel from cable and satellite companies, blocking its website, etc.”

#Israeli Cabinet unanimously votes to close #AlJazeera , one of the few broadcast outlets still on the ground in #Gaza . The move comes as a potential Israeli offensive on #Rafah is expected, the #WestBank is boiling & anti-government protests continue in Tel Aviv.

Starvation stalking #Sudan 's #Darfur region as fighting intensifies with Leni Kinzli & Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH Nathaniel Raymond
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In their request for Tuesday’s closed #UNSC consultations, Algeria to the UN said “the dramatic discovery of mass graves in #Gaza should not be buried in silence.” #Algeria would like the SC to receive briefings by High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk and the Special…