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NOTUS reports: After President Donald Trump said on Monday that children are starving in Gaza, Republican senators started to show some daylight between themselves and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, siding with Trump and acknowledging the starvation. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Israel’s closest allies in Congress, blamed Hamas for “it being the way it is,” but acknowledged there was …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday said he will work with European allies to “set up food centers” in Gaza, disagreeing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment that there is “no starvation” in the war-torn strip. “Based on television, … those children look very hungry,” Trump said. “But we’re giving a lot of money and a lot of …

The Times Of Israel reports: Speaking at a Christian conference in Jerusalem hosted by adviser to US President Donald Trump and prominent evangelical pastor Paula White, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses claims that Israel is starving civilians in Gaza and praises the Christian-Israeli bond. “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza,” the …

ABC News reports: Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News, as several European countries are scheduled to hold an emergency call Friday over the dire conditions in the enclave. Aid drops have taken place a number of times in the Gaza Strip since the …

Axios reports: The director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency visited Washington this week seeking U.S. help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, two sources with knowledge of issue tell Axios. The spy chief, David Barnea, told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel has been speaking in particular with Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya. The …

The New York Post reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest him as “silly” and teased plans to swing through New York City in defiance of the socialist’s warning. “I’m not concerned about that,” Netanyahu told reporters in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday. “There’s enough craziness in …

Reuters reports: The White House on Wednesday recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine, according to two U.S. sources familiar with the matter and internal government documents reviewed by Reuters. The recommendation from the Office of Management and Budget, …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has been engaged in a concerted effort to undo initiatives aimed at holding Russia and its leaders and allies accountable for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Since taking office, the administration has moved to withdraw from an international group led by the European Union that was created to punish Moscow for violating international …

The Associated Press reports: The Ukrainian soldiers clambered from the ruined house at gunpoint — one with arms raised in surrender to the Russian troops — and lay face-down in the early spring grass. Two drones — one Ukrainian and one Russian — recorded the scene from high above the southern Ukrainian village of Piatykhatky. The Associated Press managed to …

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department has informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to a letter sent to members of the organization on Monday. The decision to withdraw from the International Center for …

The Guardian reports: The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is expected in the coming weeks to start a sweeping overhaul of the judge advocate general’s corps as part of an effort to make the US military less restricted by the laws of armed conflict, according to two people familiar with the matter. The changes are poised to have implications across …

The Telegraph reports: Ukrainian women taken as prisoners of war are being tortured and humiliated by Russian soldiers in a systematic campaign of abuse, survivors have revealed. Some have been subjected to cruel degradations, including being forced to march naked in the snow and expose themselves to their captors. The Telegraph tracked down four women who agreed to speak out about the …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, claiming that the court “has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.” The order accused the ICC of illegitimately asserting jurisdiction over and opening “preliminary investigations concerning personnel and the United States and certain …

CNN reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, defended his support for service members accused and convicted of war crimes on Tuesday, saying there was “prosecutorial misconduct” in their cases and that he was “proud” to ensure they were looked after. “In many of the cases you’re talking about in particular, sir, there was evidence withheld, there …

NBC News reports: A former Israeli defense minister has accused his country of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, in a rare criticism from Israel’s own security community about military operations in the Palestinian enclave. Moshe Yaalon said the Israeli government was putting the lives of Israel Defense Forces soldiers in danger and exposing them to …

“If you are going to help the ICC as a nation and force the arrest warrant against Bibi and Gallant, the former defense minister, I will put sanctions on you as a nation. “You’re gonna have to pick the rogue ICC versus America. I’m working with Tom Cotton to have legislation passed as soon as we can to sanction any …

The New York Times reports: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was warmly received by the leader of Mongolia on Tuesday in his first state visit to a member nation of the International Criminal Court since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year. Instead of arresting Mr. Putin, as the I.C.C., Ukraine, and human rights groups have urged, …

The New York Times reports: The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Monday that he has requested arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. In a statement, the prosecutor, Karim Khan, said he would seek warrants for Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif and Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas. He also said he was requesting warrants …

The Messenger reports: The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed its first official war-crimes charges against four Russian men accused of torturing an American in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion of the country. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges at a press conference that was described as an event to announce “significant humans rights actions.” It also featured …

The Daily Beast reports: Before he was a military policy aide to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Derrick Miller was court-martialed and convicted of murdering an Afghan civilian in 2010, The Intercept reported on Wednesday. Miller, a former U.S. Army National Guard sergeant, was on a combat mission in Afghanistan when he shot the 27-year-old victim in the head during an …