War between Israel and Gaza, live | Netanyahu regrets US imposing sanctions on Israeli residents and confirms these “extraordinary measures are not necessary” international

what has happened in the last few hours

These are the most relevant news regarding Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and the escalation in the Middle East this Thursday, February 1 at 8:00 pm ET:

The US will attack Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq in response to the attack in Jordan. The United States has already approved plans to respond to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American soldiers and injured several dozen. President Joe Biden has so far said he has decided how to respond, but has not publicly disclosed those plans.

Biden imposes sanctions on Israeli residents in the West Bank. The President of the United States has signed an executive order against Israeli settlers in the West Bank who are attacking Palestinians in the occupied territories. Currently, the law imposes financial sanctions and visa bans against four individuals they say took part in acts of violence, as well as threats and attempts to destroy or seize Palestinian property.

Netanyahu regrets that the US has imposed sanctions on Israeli residents. In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu assured that his country already “takes action against all those who violate the law anywhere, so no extraordinary measures are necessary in this case.” Furthermore, he emphasizes that “the vast majority of those who settled in Judea and Samaria (the Biblical and official name of the West Bank) are law-abiding citizens.”

Israel is considering destroying a Hamas brigade in Khan Yunis and confirms it will attack Rafah in southern Gaza., According to Galant, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant has said that Israeli forces have “killed 10,000 Palestinian fighters and wounded many more” after nearly four months of war. The minister has said that the next step of the Israeli army is to attack against Rafah on the southern border with Egypt.

27,019 people killed in Gaza Strip in 118-day war between Israel and Hamas, The Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry estimates there are about 8,000 bodies under the debris. Apart from this, the organization has said that 66,139 people have been injured.

A man takes people hostage in a factory near Istanbul to protest the Gaza war.

Turkish public agency Anadolu confirmed that several police units had gone to a Procter & Gamble Co. factory in an industrial estate, and the exact number of hostages taken or whether there were injured is unknown.