i'm amy goodman. international pressure is mounting against israel's planned ground invasion of rafah, which now hosts more than a million displaced gazans who were once told the southern area was a safe zone. president biden spoke on monday after meeting with jordan's king abdullah at the white house. pres. biden: the king and i also discussed the situation in rafah . our military operations in rafah , the major military operation in rafah should not proceed without a credible plan for ensuring the safety and support of more than one million people sheltering there. amy: by quickly corrected himself as saying it was "our operation." biden also said his administration is working on a six-week ceasefire in gaza. cia director william burns is in cairo for more truce talks. despite biden's comments, he has refused to impose any conditions on the billions of dollars the u.s. continues to send to israel. this is national security council spokesperson john kirby being questioned by a reporter. >> to the pre

i'm amy goodman.palestinian officials are accusing israeli forces of carrying out execution-style killings in gaza after the discovery of a mass grave containing at least 30 decomposing bodies. some of the victims were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their back with zip ties. the bodies were found on the grounds of a school in beit lahiya. al jazeera spoke to one man who helped discover the bodies. >> inside the schoolyard, we were shocked to find the dead bodies. blindfolded and handcuffed to the back. they were kept inside black plastic bags. amy: the discovery of the mass grave comes as the death toll in gaza has topped 27,000. at least another 66,000 have been injured. the group euro-med human rights monitor is now estimating that more than 25,000 palestinian children have lost one or both parents in gaza over the past four months. in central gaza, the two largest hospitals in khan younis have run out of food amid israel's assault on the city. dr. nassim hassan, the head of the emergency

i'm amy goodman. new satellite imagery shows at least 144,000 buildings in gaza have been damaged or destroyed since the israeli bombardment began nearly four months ago. that's more than half of all buildings in the gaza strip, including mosques, schools, and cultural sites. corey scher of the city university of new york told the bbc -- "we've done work over ukraine, we've also looked at aleppo and other cities, but the extent and the pace of damage is remarkable. i've never seen this much damage appear so quickly." in other news, the heads of multiple u.n. organizations are warning gaza will face catastrophic consequences if the palestinian refugee agency unrwa runs out of money. the united states and over a dozen other nations have paused funding for the agency after israel accused 12 of iraq's -- unrwa's 13,000 employees in gaza of taking part in the hamas attack on meanwhile, israeli october 7. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to continue the war in gaza despite reports negotiators may

i'm amy goodman.outh africa has urged the international court of justice to take action if israel goes ahead with its planned ground invasion of rafah, where over a million displaced gazans have sought refuge. in a statement, the south african government said it is concerned israel's actions in rafah will "result in further large-scale killing, harm and destruction" and breach the genocide convention. in january, the icj ordered israel to take steps to prevent genocide in gaza. on tuesday, the u.n.'s top humanitarian chief warned an assault on rafah could lead to a slaughter in gaza. in an interview with reuters, international criminal court prosecutor karim khan expressed -- spoke about the situation in rafah. >> half the population of gaza concentrated around rafah, reportedly six times normal concentration. when you have 60% children and women by all accounts, the risks to civilians is profound. and there is no blank check. that all parties are on notice. israel, members of the military are on noti

i'm amy goodman. in kansas city, missouri, at least one person died and 22 were wounded during a shooting at the parade celebrating sunday's super bowl victory by the kansas city chiefs. a beloved local dj and mother named lisa lopez-galvan was killed in the shooting. she hosted a show on the local community radio station kkfi. they the kansas city fire department said eight of the shooting victims suffered "immediately life-threatening injuries." nine of the shooting victims were children. the kansas city schools were closed so kids could attend the parade. police have detained three people in connection to the shooting. police are still determining a motive but have ruled out terrorism. this is kansas city police chief stacey graves. >> i am angry at what happened today. the people who came to this celebration should expect a safe environment. we had over 800 law enforcement officers, kansas city and other agencies, at the location to keep everyone safe. because of bad actors, which were very few, t

i'm amy goodman. it is wonderful to be back. palestinian health officials say israeli strikes killed at least 67 people in rafah overnight as fears grow israel will soon launch a ground invasion on a city where over one million palestinians have sought refuge. the overnight airstrikes came as israeli special forces carried out an operation in rafah to free two is really argentine hostages, 60-year-old fernando simon merman and 70-year-old luis har. they were both found to be in good condition after being held captive since october 7. on sunday president biden spoke by phone with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the white house said biden warned netanyahu against a ground invasion of rafah unless there is a "credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety and support for the more than one million people sheltering there.” authorities in egypt have threatened to suspend a key peace treaty with israel if rafah is invaded. hamas has also warned an israeli invasion of rafah will torpedo ongo

i'm nermeen shaikh joined by amy goodman. hi, amy. amy: hi, nermeen.welcome to all of our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. nermeen: senior biden administration officials traveled to michigan on thursday to meet with arab american and muslim leaders amid growing opposition to biden's candidacy over his support for israel's assault on gaza. michigan, which is an important swing state, is also home to the largest percentage of arab americans in the united states. biden's campaign manager traveled to detroit last month, but a number of arab american leaders and elected officials declined to meet with her over the war in gaza. last week, biden traveled to michigan himself to meet with members of the united auto workers union who endorsed him, but he did not meet with any arab-american leaders. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre responded to a question about the meetings in michigan at a news conference yesterday. >> senior officials traveled to michigan and they are traveling today to hear directly from the communit

i'm amy goodman. over one million displaced palestinians are under threat of a new ground assault on gaza's southernmost city of rafah after the israeli military said it would attack the area once labeled a safe zone. the u.n. called rafah, located on the border with egypt, a "pressure cooker of despair." the death toll in gaza continues to rise with over 27,000 killed and more than 66,000 wounded in four months. over 11,000 of those killed by israel have been children. the palestine red crescent society is calling for the international community to intervene immediately to halt attacks on medical workers and to help find a six-year-old girl, hind, and two members of their emergency medical team, yousef zeino and ahmed al madhoun, who have been missing for nearly four days. hind and her 15-year-old relative layan hamadeh called the red crescent on monday pleading for help as israeli tanks approached their family's car in gaza city. all six members of hind's family were killed by israeli fire, includin

i'm nermeen shaikh in new york, joined by amy goodman. hi, amy. amy: hi, nermeen. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. nermeen: fears are growing in rafah over an imminent israeli ground invasion after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejected a hamas proposal for a ceasefire on wednesday and ordered the military to attack the southernmost city in the territory. over 1.2 million palestinians are sheltering in rafah after being displaced in the israeli assault. u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres said a ground invasion of rafah would "exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences." aid agencies are warning of famine amid profound food shortages with a quarter of a million people in gaza already starving. the healthcare system has collapsed and the lack of water and sanitation has prompted outbreaks of illness and disease. most of the residents in gaza have been internally displaced with more than half the population sheltering in facilities run by un

i'm nermeen shaikh in new york, joined by amy goodman. hi, amy. amy: hi, nermeen.o all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. nermeen: hamas has put forward a detailed plan for a new ceasefire deal aimed at ending israel's assault on gaza. the plan is a response to a proposal drawn up two weeks ago by the u.s., israel, qatar, and egypt. the hamas counterproposal, which was introduced late tuesday night, envisions three phases of 45 days each. in the first phase, hamas would release all female israeli hostages, males under 19, and elderly and sick people in exchange for palestinian women and children held in israeli jails. israel would also withdraw from populated areas in gaza, cease aerial operations, allow far more aid to enter, and permit palestinians to return to their homes, including in northern gaza. the second 45-day phase, to be negotiated during the first, would include the release of all remaining hostages, mostly soldiers, in exchange for more palestinian prisoners and israel would complete its withdrawal from gaza. i

i'm nermeen shaikh, joined by amy goodman. hi amy! amy: hi, nermeen.e to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. i am not -- for four years i somehow avoided getting covid but i ended up getting it. asymptomatic. i am at the tail end of it. i just have to go from positive to negative. it is not exactly in my nature to go negative but i am really working on it. until then, nermeen is there and i am here. most important, on with the show. nermeen: we look forward to having you back, amy. secretary of state tony blinken is heading to qatar and then to israel and the west bank after holding talks in egypt and saudi arabia. this comes as israel threatens to launch a ground invasion of the southern gaza city of rafah where over half of all residents of gaza have sought refuge. palestinian health officials say israeli attacks killed 107 palestinians over the past day, bringing the palestinian death toll to over 27,500, including over 11,500 children. this is blinken's fifth trip to the middle east since hamas attacked is

amy goodman will return tomorrow. the united states bombed 85 targets in syria and iraq on friday in retaliation for a recent drone strike by iranian-backed militants on a base in jordan that killed three u.s. troops. iran's foreign ministry spokesperson denounced the u.s. airstrikes as "another adventurous and strategic mistake by the united states that will result only in increased tension and instability." at least 40 people reportedly died in friday's attacks. on sunday, a drone struck a base housing u.s. troops in eastern syria. six kurdish fighters allied with the u.s. died in the attack. president biden's national security council coordinator admiral john kirby appeared on fox news sunday. >> i am not going to talk about potential future military operations. this is a really important point, what he saw friday night was just the first round. there will be additional actions taken by the administration against these groups. nermeen: the u.s. also bombed yemen again on saturday and sunday targeting sites controll