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Jill's husband, Joe Biden, is sworn in on January 20, 2021, as Jill looks on. Biden's husband was elected president and took office on January 20, 2021. [122] She is the first spouse since Barbara Bush to hold the positions of both Second Lady and First Lady and is the first one since Pat Nixon to hold them non-consecutively.
President Joe Biden is warning Israel against occupying Gaza as it prepares for a ground offensive following Hamas' Oct. 7 surprise attack that left thousands of Israelis dead.
On 18 October, Israel announced it would allow food, water, and medicine to be delivered to a "safe zone" in the west Khan Younis in southern Gaza, distributed by the United Nations. [18] [19] [20] Later the same day, US president Joe Biden announced Egypt agreed to allow 20 trucks with aid to enter Gaza by 20 October.
As of 8 September 2024, over 42,000 people (40,972 Palestinian [1] and 1,478 Israeli [13]) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 116 journalists according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (111 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) [14], 134 journalists and media workers according to the International Federation of Journalists (127 Palestinian, 4 Israeli and ...
Claims of torture, ill-treatment, and sexual violence against detained Palestinians by Israel, have been made before the 7 October attacks and invasion of Gaza, [17] [18] [19] with documentation recorded by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) [20] [21] and Amnesty International. [22]
Biden had earlier ordered the secretaries of state and treasury to prepare for the potential sanctions against Israeli individuals or entities that were involved in the violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. [39] Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responded to Biden's order, saying it was based on "an antisemitic lie". [40]
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stated the threats a nuclear Iran could pose and expressed concern that too long of a delay would lead to a "point of no return", after which Iran would become far more dangerous and virtually immune to a future military intervention. [52] To date, Israel has already launched raids ...
Israel requires all international journalists covering the war from Gaza to be accompanied by Israeli military escorts and to allow the military to review their footage before broadcast. [84] As a condition for gaining entry into Gaza with Israeli protection, US media organizations CNN and NBC have consented to Israel's military overseeing and ...