on a broad array of investigations at the court.
Israel’s longest blockade on Gaza, which began March 2, has sparked a growing international outcry. But that has failed to convince Israel to open the borders. More groups accuse Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war. Israel, for its part, insists the blockade is necessary to pressure Hamas to release the hostages it still holds. Of the 59 hostages still in Gaza, 24 are believed to be still alive.Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Wedad Abdelaal and her husband Ammar , feed their 9 month old son Khaled, in their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Wedad Abdelaal and her husband Ammar , feed their 9 month old son Khaled, in their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Wedad Abdelaal, right, and her husband Ammar care for their 9-month-old son Khaled, at the malnutrition clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Wedad Abdelaal, right, and her husband Ammar care for their 9-month-old son Khaled, at the malnutrition clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Wedad Abdelaal, right, and her 9-month-old son Khaled who is suffers from malnutrition and her children Ahmed, 7 and Maria, 4, both showing signs of malnutrition also, pose for a photo in their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Wedad Abdelaal, right, and her 9-month-old son Khaled who is suffers from malnutrition and her children Ahmed, 7 and Maria, 4, both showing signs of malnutrition also, pose for a photo in their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Ukraine also needs an alternative to Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink, which is critical for Ukrainian defensive and civilian communications. European defense companies are discussing creating a satellite alliance but don’t currently have an alternative on the same scale.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers journalists’ questions near a house destroyed by Thursday’s Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers journalists’ questions near a house destroyed by Thursday’s Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
If Trump walks away, or if Kyiv rejects a deal and keeps fighting with European support, it won’t necessarily mean “the collapse of Ukraine” although more people will almost certainly die if the U.S. pulls its air defenses and intelligence-sharing capabilities, Heisbourg said.Trump has jolted European leaders into awareness that they need to take responsibility for their own defense, regardless of who occupies the White House, experts said.