It IS interesting that US and Israeli Spy heads are involed in the cease fire and hostage /POW release talks….
The talks are up and down while fighting continues….
The seizure of the Al-Shifa Hospital in search for Hamas operators continues….
Here’s what we know:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is on his sixth wartime trip to the Mideast as part of diplomatic efforts to arrange for an immediate pause in the fighting in Gaza.
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The top U.S. diplomat meets leaders in Cairo before heading to Israel.
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Israel’s raid on Al-Shifa Hospital grows into one of the longest of the war.
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House speaker says he will invite Netanyahu to address Congress.
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Blinken describes a U.S. push at the U.N. for a cease-fire.
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Israel’s Supreme Court asks authorities to hold off on the deportation of Gazan cancer patients….
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To save Israel, Chuck Schumer decided, he had to denounce its leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Schumer: “A lot of thought and wrestling in my head: Is this the right thing to do for Israel, and for the U.S.-Israeli relationship? And the more I thought about it, the more I was convinced not only that it was the right thing to do, but I wouldn’t, I couldn’t, live with myself if I didn’t do it.”
Mar 21, 2024 – ISW Press
Israeli forces continued to conduct an operation in and around al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on March 21. Israeli special operations forces and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) 401st Brigade (162nd Division) killed approximately 50 Palestinian fighters and located ammunition depots near the hospital over the last 24 hours. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari stated on March 21 that Palestinian fighters remain barricaded in the al Shifa Hospital emergency room and that the Israeli forces are focused on evacuating civilians from the area before clearing the full hospital.