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Biden reacts to Israeli attack on aid recipients

US President Joe Biden has said that an attack on Palestinians waiting for aid in northern Gaza, where humanitarian groups say Israel has severely restricted food assistance over the last several months, will complicate efforts to reach an agreement between Hamas and Israel. “I know it will,” Biden told reporters when asked if the attack will make a ceasefire more difficult to reach. He added that a pause in the fighting would probably not come by next Monday, as he had predicted in remarks earlier this week. Biden also said that there are “two competing versions of what happened” during the attack and that the US was “checking” what had […]

‘Cold-blooded massacre’: Israeli forces kill over 104 aid seekers in Gaza

The Israeli military has killed at least 104 Palestinians in Gaza City. Nearly 700 people have also been injured – dozens of them in critical condition. Thursday’s attack has been described as a massacre of civilians. Hundreds of starving Palestinians had gathered to collect food aid, when they were attacked. Israel’s army says its soldiers were forced to open fire because they felt threatened by the large crowds. Al Jazeera’s Michael Appel explains how this all unfolded. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum is in Rafah, southern Gaza, Zein Basravi is in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and Bernard Smith is in occupied East Jerusalem for the latest developments. Subscribe […]