War, latest news. The US “demands” Israel to reopen the crossings. Erez closed: no aid enters Gaza

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Hamas has announced it accepts the proposed ceasefire between Egypt and Qatar, but Israel says the agreement did not meet its “basic demands” and has pushed ahead with its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Meanwhile, Putin has ordered exercises with tactical nuclear weapons near the border with Ukraine. Kremlin talks of response to ‘Western threats’

7 maggio 2024

Israeli military vehicles operate in the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, in this image released May 7, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS

• 18:54

  The US “demands” Israel to reopen the crossings

  “The Rafah and Karem Shalom crossings” into Gaza “must reopen as soon as possible”. American national security spokesman John Kirby said this, underlining that the United States “demands this happen”.

• 18:42

  The US insists: «We are once morest the operation in Rafah»

  The United States reiterates its opposition to an Israeli operation in Gaza. National security spokesman John Kirby said this in a press briefing. “Biden told the Israeli prime minister this in yesterday’s conversation,” the official added, underlining that Washington is “monitoring the situation very carefully.”

• 18:34

  Biden: «There is no room on campus for anti-Semitism or hate speech»

  “There is no room on any campus in America for anti-Semitism, hate speech or threats of violence of any kind.” Thus Joe Biden referred to the protests once morest the Gaza war underway in American universities in his speech on anti-Semitism on Capitol Hill today. “I understand that people have strong beliefs regarding the world, this is America,” the president said once more, underlining that he respects the fundamental right of expression and debate, while placing very specific limits regarding what he defines as “non-peaceful protests , which are once morest the law. And we are not a lawless country.” Speaking at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, Biden expressed fears that “people are forgetting,” even though “never forget” is one of the main legacies of the Holocaust. “They are already forgetting that Hamas unleashed this terrorism,” he added, “but I haven’t forgotten, and neither have you, and we won’t forget.”