The 27th day of the war between Israel and Hamas. The Rafah border crossing on Gaza’s border with Egypt was opened on Wednesday and the first 400 people (including 76 wounded) were able to leave Gaza after 3 weeks. British and American passport holders are among those who have left the Strip, Palestinian officials said.

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06:30 In settlements along the border with Gaza, after a ten-hour break, sirens sound again

05:58 The Israel Defense Forces said it launched air and artillery strikes in Lebanon after a missile was fired at one of its planes and rockets were fired at Israel.

05:00 A woman later identified by reporters as Jessica Rosenberg, who was at a campaign event in Minnesota on Wednesday, interrupted President Joe Biden’s speech to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

“Mr. President, show that you care about the Jewish people. As a rabbi, I need you to call for an immediate ceasefire,” she said.

Even as the audience tried to cover her up, Biden responded, “I think we need a break. A break means giving time to get the prisoners out of there.” The White House later clarified that the president was referring to the 240 hostages held by Hamas.

Rosenberg was escorted by security as he chanted “ceasefire now,” but Biden continued, saying the situation was “incredibly difficult” for both Israelis and the Muslim world.

“I supported the two-state solution; I have from the beginning,” he added. “The truth is that Hamas is a terrorist organization. A total terrorist organization.”

01:37At least 195 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Hamas-led government’s press office said.

About 120 people are still missing under the rubble, and at least 777 others have been injured, the office said in a statement.

Israel said it targeted and killed Hamas leaders in the camp.

01:19The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will develop a “national strategy to combat Islamophobia,” a statement that takes on particular significance given the high tensions in the United States surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas, AFP reported.

“There is no place in America for hatred of anyone. Full stop,” White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre commented on the statement.

“For too long, Muslims in America, and those who identify as Muslims, including Arabs and Sikhs, have suffered a disproportionate amount of hate speech and other forms of discrimination,” she lamented.

01:02A Moldovan couple was arrested in Paris for an anti-Semitic gesture

Last Friday, a 33-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman born in the Republic of Moldova were arrested for pasting a Star of David on a wall in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, the French capital, where dozens of similar signs have appeared in recent days , reports AFP.

The couple were arrested for “indignity aggravated by the fact that it was committed because of their origin or religion,” the prosecutor’s office said. The couple “stated that they committed this offense at the behest of a third party.”

00:41US House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he plans to hold a vote on a separate aid bill for Israel, despite a Congressional Budget Office report showing it could increase the federal deficit.

In the first major legislative action under Johnson, House Republicans on Monday introduced their bill to provide Israel with $14.3 billion in funding cuts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The House could vote on the bill and pass it with Republican support as early as Thursday. But it is unlikely to become law because it faces stiff opposition in the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House has threatened to veto it.

SUMMARY OF THE DAY

• Biden believes Netanyahu’s days as prime minister are numbered — a Biden report went so far as to suggest that Mr. Netanyahu consider what lessons he might share with his future successor, Politico quoted two administration officials as saying.
  

• The UN considers the explosion in Jabalia “may be a war crime.” The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that Israel’s bombing of the Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip “could constitute a war crime,” AFP reported.

• The Israeli military (IDF) released a video on Wednesday of what it said was a Hamas terrorist speaking during interrogation about how the October 7 attacks on Israel took place: “Our only mission was to kill,” the Times of Israel reported.
  

• “The war will continue to escalate.” Israel’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, said the war would continue to escalate as phases of Israel’s plan continued to advance.

• The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that Wednesday’s explosion in the Fallujah area of ​​the Jabalia refugee camp was caused by an airstrike

• According to the agreement between Israel, Hamas and Egypt, concluded with the mediation of Qatar and the United States, more than 5,000 foreign citizens can leave Gaza, the BBC reports.

• Washington called the violence of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank “incredibly destabilizing”

• The United States does not believe that the pro-Iranian Palestinian militant group Hamas can take part in the future administration of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war with Israel, the White House said on Wednesday.