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The UK's decision to suspend 30 weapons export licenses to Israel might seem significant at first glance, but in the context of overall weapons shipments, its impact could be relatively minimal. These 30 licenses represent a small fraction of the total volume of military equipment and arms that Israel imports from various countries around the world.

“Kamala Harris is now obsessed with how to defeat Trump, how to win the election, and she knows that the genocide in Gaza and these massacres are a crucial element in the campaign,” said Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau. “She wants to create a delusional image that there is something in process, which is not right.”

The army alleged that the hostages were killed by Hamas while in captivity. However, a senior Hamas official stated on Sunday that the hostages were killed as a result of ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Strip.

A new USAID Inspector General report released yesterday lays out what has been long obvious: The so-called “humanitarian pier” in Gaza made no practical sense and served no purpose other than generating positive headlines stateside. President Biden pursued the construction of the pier, the report found, despite officials’ concerns about difficult weather in the Mediterranean sea and security challenges in a war zone, as well as worries that it would undermine pushes to reopen land crossings. “Due to structural damage caused by rough weather and high seas, the pier operated for only 20 days and was decommissioned on July 17,” the report states.