Latest Israel-Hamas war news and Gaza conflict updates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed alarm that the United States was considering imposing sanctions on an Israel Defense Forces unit, describing it as the “height of absurdity” at a time when his troops were fighting against Hamas in Gaza. He was responding to a report by Axios that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to announce sanctions against Netzah Yehuda, an ultra-Orthodox military unit accused of human rights violations in the occupied West Bank. Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz told Blinken in a call that the move would “harm Israel’s…