Global Headlines: Gaza Crisis, US Politics, South Africa, and More

Intensified Attacks in Gaza

• 💥 Israel's military has intensified attacks on Gaza, killing at least 51 Palestinians and forcing thousands to flee northern areas.
• 🏥 Three electric power generators and fuel storage tanks at the Indonesian hospital were bombed, and Alada hospital is surrounded, leaving only 19 of Gaza's 38 hospitals partially operating.
• 🚚 Only 100 aid trucks were allowed into Gaza, a fraction of the 9,000 held up, amidst a near total blockade on essential supplies.
• 굶 Starving children are lining up for hours at a community kitchen in Gaza City, facing immense difficulty in obtaining food.

International Incidents and Political Developments

• 🌍 Israeli soldiers fired shots toward a delegation of foreign diplomats observing the humanitarian situation in the Jenin refugee camp, drawing condemnation from several countries.
• 🇺🇸 In Washington D.C., a suspect was arrested for the shooting death of two Israeli embassy employees outside the Capitol Jewish Museum, shouting "Free Palestine!"
• 🇿🇦 President Ramaphosa confronted President Trump at the White House over false claims of white genocide against farmers in South Africa.
• ⚖️ A federal judge ruled the Trump administration violated a court order by expelling eight immigrants to South Sudan with insufficient notice.

US Budget, Defense, and International Relations

• 💸 House Republicans passed a sweeping budget bill with massive tax breaks for the rich and cuts to social programs, by a narrow 215-214 vote.
• ✈️ The Pentagon accepted a $400 million Boeing jet from Qatar, intended for a future Air Force One, raising ethics and cost concerns.
• 🏛️ A federal judge declared the Trump administration's takeover of the US Institute for Peace null and void, calling it a "gross usurpation of power."
• 🇵🇰 Pakistan blamed Indian terror proxies for an attack on a school bus in Baluchistan that killed six, including three children; India denied involvement.

Human Rights and Justice

• 🇬🇧 Leila Suave, mother of imprisoned activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, resumed a hunger strike to pressure the UK government for his release from an Egyptian prison.
• ⚖️ The Justice Department is dismissing police reform agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville, ahead of the 5-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, and ending civil rights investigations into several police departments.