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TEL AVIV — Israel’s military hailed the rescue of two hostages overnight in Rafah, while local officials said the raid killed dozens of people in the crowded, southern Gaza Stripcity sheltering more than 1 million displaced people.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pushed his Senate colleagues Monday to finally «finish the job» and get the $95 billion foreign aid bill across the finish line — however, Republican Sen. Rand Paul, a vocal opponent of the bill, filibustered on the floor urging senators to consider the effect it could have on the national debt.
Over the weekend, while millions were watching the big game, meteorologists were watching a trend in the forecast models signaling increasing odds for an impactful winter storm for the Northeast, including snow-starved New York City.
“I just love you!” Tim Scott bleated at Donald Trump.
NBC news host Kristen Welker asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas point-blank on Sunday if he deserved to keep his job over the crisis at the southern border.
President Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday that a ground offensive in southern Gaza should not proceed without a plan to protect the more than 1.4 million Palestinians clustered there, the latest sign of frustration by the White House over rising civilian deaths from Israel’s military assault.
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that he was not dwelling on congressional Republicans’ continued efforts to impeach him over his handling of the southern border.
What we knowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged “safe passage for the civilian population” of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are crowded into shelters. A planned Israeli ground assault has spread fear in the southern Gaza city and fueled mounting global alarm. Netanyahu told ABC News that an attack on Rafah was key to defeating Hamas, but it’s unclear where people packed into the city and pressed against the Egyptian border might go to find safety.President Joe Biden is sending CIA Director Bill Burns to Egypt on Tuesday to continue talks on a cease-fire deal that would also secure the release of the estimated 136 hostages still being held in Gaza, a senior administration official told NBC News, amid a growing divide between the U.S. and its close ally.Six-year-old Hind Rajab has been found dead, 12 days after she made a desperate plea for help in a call with an emergency dispatcher from the car where she was trapped alongside some of her relatives, all of whom died, amid fighting around Gaza City. “This is the most difficult feeling,” her mother told an NBC News crew in Gaza on Saturday.More than 28,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. More than 67,700 have been injured, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead.Israeli military officials said at least 224 soldiers have been killed during the ground invasion of Gaza.NBC News’ Raf Sanchez, Matt Bradley and Chantal Da Silva are reporting from the region.