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Trump calls Harris’ remarks on Gaza war during meeting with Netanyahu ‘disrespectful’

André Roth

Donald Trump called Kamala Harrisdeclaration of War between Israel and Gaza “disrespectful” before a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuin Florida to discuss the conflict.

Harris, the US vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, appeared to signal a change in tone on the war between Israel and Gaza on Thursday after her own meeting with Netanyahu, when she said she would not “stay silent” about the suffering of the Palestinians.

Trump criticized Harris on Friday ahead of her meeting with his Mar-a-Lago at home, calling her comments “disrespectful” as he targeted her over an issue that has divided the Democratic Party.

“They haven’t been very nice to Israel,” Trump said. “I don’t know how a Jewish person could have voted for them, actually, but that’s their business.”

Right-wing Israeli politicians have attacked Harris, and unnamed officials have suggested that the remarks could make it harder to reach a ceasefire deal.

“I think to the extent that Hamas understands that there is no border between Israel and the United States, that accelerates the deal,” Mr. Netanyahu told reporters during his meeting with Mr. Trump. “And I hope these comments don’t change that.”

A Harris adviser dismissed a Times of Israel report that a senior official said Harris’ criticism would hamper a deal.

“I don’t know what they’re talking about,” a Harris aide told CNN.

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Israel’The army on Saturday ordered the evacuation of a busy part of Gaza designated as a humanitarian zone, saying it plans an operation against Hamas activists in Khan Younisincluding parts of Muwasia makeshift tent camp where thousands of people seek refuge.

According to the Associated Press (AP), the evacuation order comes in response to rocket fire that Israel says is coming from the area. It is the second evacuation ordered in a week in an area designated for Palestinians Fleeing other parts of Gaza, many Palestinians have been repeatedly displaced in search of safety during Israel’s air and ground campaign.

On Monday, following the evacuation order, several Israeli airstrikes hit the surroundings of Khan Younis, killing at least 70 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, citing figures from Nasser Hospital.

The area is part of a 60-square-kilometer “humanitarian zone” to which Israel has asked Palestinians to flee throughout the war.

The AP reports that much of the region is covered in tent camps with no sanitation or medical facilities and limited access to aid. United Nations (UN) According to Israeli estimates, some 1.8 million Palestinians have sought refuge there, more than half of Gaza’s pre-war population of 2.3 million.

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More than 180,000 Palestinians fled heavy fighting around Gaza City in the southern Gaza Strip. Khan Younis in four days, the UN said Friday, after a Israeli operation to extract the bodies of captives from the area.

Recent “intensified hostilities” in the Khan Younis area have fueled “new waves of internal displacement across Gaza,” the UN humanitarian agency said, OCHA.

According to the report, “approximately 182,000 people” were displaced from central and eastern Khan Younis between Monday and Thursday, with hundreds of them “stranded in eastern Khan Younis.”

The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of parts of the city, announcing that its forces would “operate vigorously” there, including in an area previously declared a safe humanitarian zone. On Wednesday, Israel said that five bodies of captives seized during the operation HamasThe attack of October 7 had been repeated in the area.

The Israeli military said Friday that its forces had “eliminated approximately 100 terrorists” in the city this week.

The military leader of Israel, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevisaid the bodies of the captives were removed from the tunnels and underground walls to “a hidden location.”

Witnesses and rescuers said heavy fighting continued Friday around eastern Khan Younis. Nasser Hospital According to the information gathered, 26 bodies were brought to the scene.

In other news:

• An Israeli official has criticized US Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, after she said it was time for the war in Gaza to end, given the suffering caused by the fighting. Harris’ remarks at a news conference after meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu reflect growing pressure on the Israeli prime minister to reach a deal with Hamas to end the fighting in Gaza.

• Britain said on Friday it would not pursue efforts to challenge the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. In May, the ICC prosecutor said he had sought arrest warrants for the two as well as three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes.

• Netanyahu visited Donald Trump at the former president’s Florida residence, concluding the Israeli leader’s week-long visit to the United States, marked by large anti-war protests. The two men have had a strained relationship in the past after Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his 2020 election victory, but on Friday, photos showed Trump warmly greeting Netanyahu and the two men appeared to have reconciled. “We’ve always had a good relationship,” Trump said before the meeting, while calling Harris’ statement on the Gaza war “disrespectful.”

• CIA Director William Burns will meet his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts and the Prime Minister of Qatar in Rome on Sunday.Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, a source familiar with the matter said Friday. The CIA declined to comment.

• The prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand have said a ceasefire in Gaza is “desperately needed” The two leaders called on Israel to “listen to the concerns of the international community.” In their joint statement Friday, they said they were “gravely concerned about the prospect of further escalation in the region,” particularly between Hezbollah and Israel.

• The World Food Programme has been forced to cut rations for families in Gaza to ensure wider coverage for newly displaced people.“Food and humanitarian supplies in central and southern Gaza are very limited and there are virtually no commercial supplies reaching there,” WFP said on X.

• A Hamas leader in the West Bank has died in Israeli custody after his health deteriorated, a Palestinian government body said. Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara, 63, died after being transferred to a hospital from Ramon prison in southern Israel, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission said.