Elizabeth Hagedorn

The United States is expected to invoke a decades-old law to restrict military assistance to an Israeli military unit accused of gross human rights violations.

US envoy David Satterfield said the volume of assistance reaching Gaza is "significantly greater" than it was, but issues remain with aid distribution.

Satterfield will be replaced by Lise Grande, the president and CEO of the Washington-based US Institute of Peace.

Israel's far-right finance minister is reportedly pushing to legalize 68 outposts during a time of rising settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

The State Department's plan to block a notoriously violent Israeli military unit from receiving US security assistance could help address what some say is a failure to hold Israel to the same standards as other US arms recipients.

As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for a cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to launch a Rafah incursion "with or without a deal.”

The uncertainty surrounding Israel's threatened ground offensive in Gaza's southern city of Rafah has made it difficult for aid groups to prepare for their own evacuations.

Israel's role in providing security for the maritime endeavor has raised questions over the safety and neutrality of the Palestinian aid workers involved.

The State Department has yet to decide whether to designate a notoriously violent unit known as Netzah Yehuda under the Leahy Law.

The State Department hasn't determined whether to designate a notoriously violent unit known as Netzah Yehuda under the Leahy Law.