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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday vowed to work to increase pressure on the Israeli government in the coming days to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Anadolu reports.

During a joint press briefing with the visiting Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Erdogan welcomed steps taken by Europe towards recognizing the State of Palestine as “very valuable.”

“No one can remain silent in the face of the atrocities in Gaza, where…

John Mearsheimer, professor of political science at the University of Chicago, said that “the Israelis are executing a genocide in Gaza,” adding that the US is “complicit in that genocide,” Anadolu reports.

What is happening in Gaza is a systematic effort by Israel to dismantle the Palestinian national identity, Mearsheimer said in an interview with media personality Tucker Carlson published on Wednesday.

He added that Israel is targeting Palestinians specifically as a group, aiming…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty to discuss regional security and efforts to promote stability in the Middle East, the State Department said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.

During the meeting Wednesday at the State Department, Rubio thanked Abdelatty for “Egypt’s steadfast support in securing the release of hostages held by Hamas,” according to the State Department readout.

“Secretary Rubio and Foreign…

By Jonathan Landay, Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Trump administration officials told Congress this month that Israel agreed to match a U.S. award of $30 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, a previously unreported contribution to the controversial armed private aid operation.

Aside from the U.S. contribution, which the U.S. State Department announced in June, the sources of the foundation’s funding…

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that he was determined to disarm Hezbollah, a step it has come under heavy US pressure to take, despite the group’s protests that doing so would serve Israeli goals.

Hezbollah and Israel fought a two-month war last year that left the militant group badly weakened, though it retains part of its arsenal.

Israel has kept up its air strikes on Hezbollah targets despite a November ceasefire, and has threatened to continue them until the group has been…