KEY POINTS
- Bodies of foreign food aid personnel killed in Gaza strike to be repatriated
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says aid workers' deaths caused "understandable anger"
- US President Joe Biden 'outraged' by Israeli strike that killed aid workers
It's Day 180 of the Israel-Hamas war, and things aren't looking good for Israel as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is under increasing pressure from the global community to explain the circumstances behind the airstrike that killed seven multi-national staffers of American food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK).
The Israeli army has implicated Iranian-backed Hezbollah in a blast in Ramish, southern Lebanon last week that injured several workers of the United Nations' peacekeeping organization in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
- IDF chief issues statement, apologizes amid global outcry in WCK workers' deaths
- Houthis improving missile and naval capabilities to continue 'targeting Israel': Arab media
- Israeli fighter jets strike Hezbollah posts in southern Lebanon
- Iranian-backed Iraqi militia says it attacked Haifa Airport with drones: Iranian media
- EU calls for 'utmost restraint' amid tensions over Damascus strike
- After sister's arrest, Hamas chief says terror group will stick to initial truce demands
- UN rights body to consider draft text calling for Israel arms embargo
Canada's foreign minister Melanie Joly on Wednesday called for a "full investigation" into the food convoy airstrike in Gaza Monday that killed a Canadian humanitarian aid worker.
Back in Israel, the families of over 130 hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip have staged four nights of mass protests as more Israelis question Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war and the government's refusal to achieve a ceasefire deal.
The U.S. embassy in Yemen on Wednesday said "reckless" attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis are harming the commercial shipping operations of many countries, not just the United States.
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip stem from decades of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict that triggered tensions across the Middle East since Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
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UNHRC to consider draft resolution calling for Israel arms embargo
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday will consider a draft resolution that calls for an arms embargo on Israel, citing a "plausible risk of genocide in Gaza," AFP reported Wednesday. This is the first time the UN rights body will take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, as per the outlet.
The Pakistan-presented text denounces Israel's use of "explosive weapons with wide-area effects" across civilian-populated areas of the war-torn enclave. It also demands that Israel uphold its "legal responsibility" to prevent genocide in Gaza.
