The US State Department's Arabic-language spokeswoman has resigned over Washington's Gaza policy. Hala Rharrit's resignation took effect on Wednesday, according to her US State Department biography page.

Josh Paul, 45, told PBS NewsHour on Thursday that in the wake of Hamas's shocking Oct. 7 attack on Israel, he raised concerns about providing additional arms to Israel, and asked for leadership to at least take a step back and more carefully assess the matter.

Following the announcement of the Israeli government's plans to escalate expanding illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the politician took to Twitter criticising Israel as "an apartheid run thuggery terrorist regime."