The Latest | UN food aid collapses in Rafah as Israeli leaders decry war crime accusations
Associated PressThe United Nations said Tuesday that it was no longer able to distribute food aid in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. Currently: — Israel tries to contain the fallout after some allies support ICC prosecutor’s request for warrants — Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live video shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law — Analysis: Iran’s nuclear policy of pressure and talks likely to go on even after president’s death — Days of funerals begin for Iran’s president and others killed in crash — Israeli forces kill at least seven Palestinians in a West Bank raid — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they shot down another U.S. drone Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Gaza at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war. U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS ISRAEL ADDRESSED MANY OF BIDEN’S CONCERNS OVER RAFAH INVASION WASHINGTON — Israel has addressed many of President Joe Biden’s concerns over its long-simmering plan to carry out a widescale military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday. U.N. SAYS ITS WAREHOUSES IN RAFAH ARE INACCESSIBLE DUE TO FIGHTING UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Agency helping Palestinian refugees reported that its distribution center and the U.N. World Food Program’s warehouses in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah “are now inaccessible due to ongoing military operations,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. International Criminal Court top prosecutor Karim Khan accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders — Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh — of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.