News Wrap: U.S. denies Netanyahu’s claims of a slowdown in weapon shipments to Israel

John Yang:

Good evening, I'm John Yang. Palestinian saying Israeli airstrike on a United Nations aid distribution site in Gaza City has killed at least eight people. The Israeli military said Hamas and Islamic Jihad had been operating from the building. Palestinian witnesses said those killed were either sheltering at the site or had gone there to get water or other aid. It came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on his complaints about the Biden administration support.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, Israel:

About four months ago, there was a dramatic decline in arm supplies from the U.S. to Israel. Over long weeks, we have turned to our American friends with a request to speed up deliveries. We did it time and again.

John Yang:

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Netanyahu rival is to meet in Washington this week with Biden administration officials. The White House has denied any slowdown in weapons shipments.

The Saudi Arabian health minister said that more than 1,300 Muslims making this year's Hajj pilgrimage died amid scorching heat. Able bodied Muslims are required to make the journey to holy sites around Mecca at least once in their lifetime.

More than half of those who died came from Egypt, leaving Egypt to revoke the licenses of 16 travel agencies for failing to provide adequate services or protection from the heat. At least two Americans were among the dead.

Police in Arkansas said they believed the victims of a grocery stores shooting were targets of opportunity. The motive and Friday shooting and Fordyce a small town south of Little Rock remains a mystery. 14 people ranging in age from 20 to 81 were shot for them fatally. The suspect has been charged with capital murder.

And star American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is headed to the Paris Olympics. The winning time and last night's women's 100 meter Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, was the world's fastest so far this year. In 2020 Richardson won the Olympic trials but was banned from the Tokyo Games after testing positive for THC.

Still to come on PBS News Weekend, the search for answers to why pregnancies end in miscarriage and how 1/9 grader is helping restore Mississippi's oyster reefs.