Israel-Hamas war: The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining, reflecting the wide global support for ending the more than four-month war that started with Hamas’ surprise invasion of southern Israel.
The US has expressed concerns that a major ground offensive into Rafah would result in further harm to civilians and their further displacement. Washington has been calling on Israel for some time to reduce civilian casualties and provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
The Health Ministry in Gaza 107 bodies were brought in the last 24 hours, bringing the death count of Palestinians to 29,092. Israel's offensive has driven most of the population homeless and triggered a humanitarian catastrophe with low food and water and medical services severely disrupted.
Lula's remarks came as leaders of the African Union summit condemned Israel's offensive in Gaza, which has killed nearly 29,000 Palestinians. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as promised to "finish the job" as a member of his war cabinet threatened an invasion in Rafah after Ramadan.
Hezbollah warned Israel would "pay the price" for killing ten civilians,0 including five children, in Lebanon. The latest escalation has fuelled concerns of a wider confrontation between the Hezbollah and Israel amid the war in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinians have been killed.
A senior Egyptian official said mediators have achieved what he described as “relatively significant” progress in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas. This came after both sides rejected each other's conditions for an imminent ceasefire and release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
According to a media report, Biden allegedly hurled "abusive" remarks against his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during his private conversation. However, a spokesperson for the National Security Council said that the two leaders have a "respectful relationship".
Austin was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday afternoon to address bladder issues and admitted to the intensive care unit. It was his second hospitalisation this year in Walter Reed's ICU following the surgery in December.
Israel-Hamas war: The two men, who were kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, were in good condition and taken to the Tel Hashomer Medical Complex, the military said.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu recently rejected Hamas’ demands for a hostage deal, which includes a ceasefire and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The continued offensive shows a growing rift between Netanyahu and the US, the latter warning Israel to not expand its operations.
There were conflicting reports on the number of those killed, with US officials saying the initial assessment was one, and saying there were no civilians hurt or killed.
This is not the first time when President Biden's gaffes have made headlines, leading to concerns about his age and his cognitive decline. Biden will be 86 if he is reelected and serves a second term, while his rival Trump will be 82 if he manages to return to the White House.
The militant group's proposal - a response to an offer sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators - comes amid the biggest diplomatic push yet for an extended halt to the fighting, and was met with hope and relief in the Gaza Strip.
The vote gave individual lawmakers another chance to show voters their support for Israel and could be used on the campaign trail to criticize those who voted against it. But it did little to generate momentum toward passage of a final emergency spending package.
A Barbados-flagged British-owned vessel in the Red Sea sustained minor damage during the attack in the Red Sea, but no one was injured. This came after joint airstrikes by the US and the UK, along with other countries, in Yemen as tensions reach boiling point over the war in Gaza.
A decree from the council appointed Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak as the country's new prime minister. The council didn't give the reason behind the reshuffle.
The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday the attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, where the forces’ commando units are trained.
White House national security adviser Sullivan declined to be drawn on whether the United States might attack sites inside Iran, something the US military has been very careful to avoid.
The Yemen strikes are running parallel to an unfolding US campaign of retaliation over the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike by Iran-backed militants on an outpost in Jordan a week ago.
The US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
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