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SvennoJ on 01 April 2024
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New images show before and after Israeli destruction of al-Shifa Hospital

Images by Maxar, which provides high-resolution satellite imagery, compare what al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility, looked like in June 2022 with what it looks like now in April 2024.



Palestinians want April vote for full United Nations membership

The Palestinian Authority wants the United Nations Security Council to vote this month to make it a full member of the world body, the Palestinian UN envoy has told Reuters.

Riyad Mansour, who has permanent observer status in the UN, said the aim was for the UN Security Council to make a decision at an April 18 ministerial meeting on the Middle East. He said that though a vote had yet to be scheduled, a 2011 Palestinian application for full membership was still pending because the 15-member council never made a formal decision.

An application to become a full UN member needs to be approved by the Security Council – where the United States can cast a veto – and then at least two-thirds of the 193-member UN General Assembly.

Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/politics/biden-administration-f15-fighter-jets-israel/index.html

The Biden administration is close to approving the sale of as many as 50 American-made F-15 fighter jets to Israel, in a deal expected to be worth more than $18 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The transaction, which would amount to the largest US foreign military sale to Israel since the country went to war with Hamas on October 7, comes as the administration is also expected to notify Congress soon of a large new sale of precision-guided munitions kits to Israel, the people said.