New position paper: Manufacturing Famine On Monday B’Tselem issued a new position paper, Manufacturing Famine. The organization concludes, that for months, Israel has been committing the crime of starvation under international law in the Gaza Strip. www.btselem.org/publications/202404_manufacturing_famine

BREAKING: U.S. humanitarian envoy David Satterfield says Israel has taken significant steps to improve the flow of aid to Gaza and stresses the humanitarian situation in Gaza has improved over the last three weeks

The IDF has conducted all necessary preparations for an offensive in southern Gaza's Rafah, and is waiting for government approval, a senior defense official tells Reuters.

The IDF is readying to deploy two reserve brigades to the Gaza Strip, under the 99th Division. The 679th "Yiftah" Armored Brigade and the 2nd "Carmeli" Infantry Brigade, which had been operating on the northern border, "prepared in recent weeks for their mission in the Gaza… pic.twitter.com/D3GXvOdTld