Gideon Levy, a columnist for Israeli Haaretz newspaper, says the rise in Israeli soldiers’ death toll in Gaza has not made much of an impact on Israeli public opinion, the majority of which support continuing the war. “Thirteen soldiers [killed] is a hell of a price for Israel but 600 people in Gaza were killed this weekend,” Levy told Al Jazeera. Israeli army says 152 Israeli soldiers have so far been killed since the ground assault in Gaza began on October 27. Levy said he is “quite surprised” that pressure on Netanyahu has been “limited” so far. “There is pressure concerning only one issue – releasing the hostages. Everything else […]
The White House has failed to convince Congress to appropriate an extra $110bn for the wars in Ukraine and Gaza before the end of the year. Congressional support for Israel remains strong, but President Biden bundled his request for Israel with $61bn of funding for Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #UnitedStates #USCongress #JoeBiden #USAidToIsrael #USAidToUkraine #UkraineWar #Zelenskyy #Israel #AlJazeeraEglish
Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, claims to have hit Tel Aviv with a barrage of rockets, they say in response to Israeli massacres in Gaza. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv but Israeli security forces say the rockets were intercepted by the ‘iron dome’ and there were no casualties. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith has the latest from Tel Aviv. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Israel #Hamas #QassamBrigades #IsraelIronDome #Netanyahu #Palestine #Gaza #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #Gaza
