Neither President Biden or Vice President and to be Democratic Presidential nominee Harris met Israeli PM Netanyahu upon his airport arrival in Washington D. C. today….
Harris WILL talk FACE TO FACE to Netanyahu who was invited for the visit by House Republicans,
He will address Congress……
Protests are expected in the nation ‘s capitol and addtion police from as far as New York City have been deployed…
The Houthi drone that landed in Israel flew 2,600 miles over several countries in it’s attack on Tel Aviv…
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The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Yemen on Monday to discuss the recent exchange of strikes between Houthis and Israel, raising tensions that threaten to further destabilize the region. The meeting was called by the United States, France and Britain. Two senior U.N. officials condemned the Houthi drone strike on Tel Aviv on Friday and told the Council that Israel’s retaliatory strike on Saturday on the Yemeni port of Hudaydah had displaced some people living near the port, that fires were still burning and that the port was still functioning at limited capacity. Hudaydah is a lifeline for food and essential aid for millions of people in Yemen, and U.N. officials and other experts warn that more strikes on the port could have dire humanitarian consequences.
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Israel will vaccinate its troops in Gaza against polio, its military said on Sunday, after the virus was detected in sewage samples there. The World Health Organization said last week that a poliovirus variant had been found in samples from Khan Younis in southern Gaza and Deir al Balah in central Gaza. Polio is a highly infectious disease that largely affects children under 5 and can cause paralysis. Though the W.H.O. has so far not reported any symptomatic polio cases in Gaza, the enclave has seen a rapid increase in diseases associated with population displacement, compromised hygiene and inadequate supplies of clean water, including diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, scabies, chickenpox and hepatitis A.
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The daily average water supply in Gaza over the past two weeks has been just a quarter of what it was before the war, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on Monday. It added that the daily average supply of fuel that has entered Gaza this month has also been just a quarter of what aid groups need to sustain humanitarian operations and that the shortage has continued to hamper efforts to fight hunger. Two of four bakeries in Gaza City had to temporarily close last week because of the fuel shortages and fighting, and families without access to cooking gas are burning wood and plastic from furniture and waste to prepare food, the office said.
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Washington is bracing for protests to coincide with Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit. A number of Jewish, Palestinian and other activist groups calling for a cease-fire in Gaza or a hostage deal are planning rallies on Capitol Hill and near the White House this week to coincide with the Israeli prime minister’s visit and speech to Congress on Wednesday. Some Democratic members of Congress have already said they will skip Mr. Netanyahu’s speech to show their unhappiness with his conduct of the war in Gaza, which Gazan authorities say has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians and which has created a severe hunger crisis in the enclave.
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Israeli athletes will get 24-hour French police protection at the Paris Olympics amid heightened security concerns. Israeli athletes are targeted more than other delegations, Gerald Darmanin, France’s interior minister, said in a television interview on Sunday, pledging to ensure that the team would feel welcome and could compete without fear. The announcement followed reports that a far-left French minister, Thomas Portes, said there should be protests against the Israeli athletes, citing the war in Gaza. Israeli news media has reported that some athletes have received threatening messages recalling the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which a Palestinian militant group, Black September, killed 11 Israelis…..
Jul 22, 2024 – ISW Press
The modified Houthi drone that struck Tel Aviv flew at least 2,600 kilometers, demonstrating how Iran and its partners have expanded the geographic range of their weapon systems to target the eastern Mediterranean and other areas. The modified Sammad-3 drone traveled east-to-west from Yemen, crossing into Eritrea before turning north and flying through Sudan and Egypt and then turning east to target Tel Aviv from the west.