cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40549126

At least three killed in continued Israeli attacks on Gaza. A report from The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) finds Gaza still facing starvation. UN warns impacts of Israeli restrictions on NGOs working in Palestine will be “immediate and catastrophic.” U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with officials from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt on Friday. At least 18 people are killed in Gaza’s winter storms this week. Doctors Without Borders says restrictions on aid must be eased to save the lives of Gaza’s children. Israel’s Supreme Court denies a request to prevent the demolition of buildings in a West Bank refugee camp. Washington sanctions two International Criminal Court judges for advancing cases involving Israel. Feds report that they found the Brown gunman dead, and that he is likely responsible for the murder of an MIT professor as well. The Trump administration moves to suspend the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery. Health and Human Services proposes rules limiting gender-affirming care for minors. Trump admin officials are planning a further crackdown on “left-wing terrorism.” Emails shed new light on Noam Chomsky’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. 16 people killed in RSF artillery bombardment of besieged city in Sudan’s Kordofan region. Saudi military readies for possible engagement with UAE-backed Yemeni separatists. French, U.S., and Saudis discuss disarming Hezbollah with the Lebanese Army. Egypt worries about its “red lines” in Sudan. UN report on earlier notorious RSF attack on displacement camp finds over 1,000 killed, 319 by summary execution. A Sudan expert says as many as 300,000 may have died in Darfur and that two-thirds of the country is food insecure.