Good morning! You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories: Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 20,000 people, according to Gaza’s health ministry. It says 70% of those killed are women and children. Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council has been deadlocked for three days on a resolution calling for a cease-fire and allow the U.N. to inspect aid trucks and speed up the arrival of food and fuel for Gaza. U.N. negotiators have weakened the language in the proposal in an effort to avoid a U.S. veto. More than 20,000 people have now been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Above, a home in Rafah is shown in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield seemed to be satisfied with the changes in the new text, NPR’s Michele Kelemen reports on Up First. Thomas-Greenfield told reporters last night the new proposal gives Arab countries what they think they need to get more aid into Gaza. Violent rhetoric has surged online since the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 primary ballot this week. Personal information of some of the Colorado Supreme Court justices is circulating in far-right spaces online, as well as calls to arm up to hurt or kill perceived political foes. “It is important to understand how the baseline threat level is evolving,” reports NPR’s extremism correspondent Odette Yousef. This newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.
20,000 People Killed in Gaza; Colorado Supreme Court Justices Face Threats: NPR
