Devastating piece in The New York Review of Books by Omar al-Najjar, a young doctor in Gaza. Omar and I have been in touch over the months, and I remain incapable of understanding the weight he bears. nybooks.com/online/2024/04…

Good insights from Dana Stroul

The Biden administration is considering more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel including tank ammunition, military vehicles and mortar rounds // new from me and Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف wsj.com/world/biden-we… via The Wall Street Journal

Reuters photojournalist Mohammed Salem has now been named the winner of the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award for this heartbreaking image he took of a woman embracing the body of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli airstrike.

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Several journalists including a CNN stringer have been injured after Israeli forces surrounded & attacked Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, leaving one in critical condition. Per TRT bureau chief in Jerusalem, Israeli tanks launched a “targeted attack” on several journos.

The House has passed legislation extending FISA Section 702 surveillance for another two years but without a warrant requirement to conduct searches of U.S. data. It now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to pass as well.

Outstanding work here by the Military.com team of Steve Beynon Konstantin Toropin and Rachel Nostrant. Think of all the ways this could help current and future families

Fears are rising over the fate of the remaining hostages held in Gaza after Hamas told negotiators it was unsure whether it could bring forth 40 living Israeli civilian captives // with Summer Said Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف
Anat Peled wsj.com/world/middle-e… via The Wall Street Journal

And now this:
(Reuters) - Iran has suspended all air traffic over the capital Tehran from midnight local time due to 'military drills,' the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted the defence minister as saying on Wednesday.

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SecDef just told SASC that the admin does not have any evidence that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

Notable. Israel has been saying it was not slow rolling aid. Now it is touting fast tracking aid. Unclear what changed.

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KIRBY: We're not blind to the risks that the aid workers are in, certainly not blind to the suffering that the people of Gaza are going through. And the president again was clear...

.Margaret Brennan : We haven't heard from him on this. If he feels so strongly, why isn't the…

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LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - A British Royal Navy ship will supply aid to Gaza as part of an international effort to help set up a new humanitarian maritime corridor in early May, the foreign office and ministry of defence said on Saturday.