The latest development came after Palestinian Civil Defence in the Gaza Strip said it had uncovered 283 bodies from a temporary burial ground inside the main hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
With tensions at Columbia continuing to run high and some students afraid to set foot on the campus, officials said the Ivy League school will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester.
A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the US Congress after months of delay, clearing the way for billions of dollars in fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia's invasion force and Kyiv's shortages of military supplies.
The head of Israeli military intelligence, Major General Aharon Haliva said he accepted responsibility for the intelligence failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7.
An Israeli civilian is lightly injured as a result of an improvised explosive device near the West Bank settlement of Kochav Hashahar.
Although Biden did not announce sanctions publically, several top American officials have been increasingly critical of Israel's military offensive in the besieged terrority.
The attack came amid red-hot tensions at Iran fired air defence batteries at suspected Israeli drones in retaliation for a missile and drone attack by Tehran on Saturday. However, Iran has denied any external attack and Israel is yet to officially comment on the matter.
An Iranian official confirmed to a news agency that the explosion heard in the Isfahan was a result of the activation of Iran's air defence system.
Commercial flights began diverting their routes over western Iran without explanation early as one semiofficial news agency in the Islamic Republic reported “explosions” heard over the city of Isfahan.
Air defence systems in the Iranian city of Isfahan were activated against "an object suspected to be a drone", sources told the semi-official Fars news agency on Friday, which added that three explosions were heard near an army base in the city's northwest.
The missile launch came after Iran's attack last Saturday where Israel faced more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials previously said.
Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran.
Iran's direct attack has sparked concerns of an all-out war breaking in the Middle East after decades of shadow war between the two adversaries. However, their relations were not so adversarial as Iran and Israel once shared close relations after the latter's formation in 1948.
The suspected Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria and Tehran's subsequent retaliation have sparked global alarm over a possible all-out war in the Middle East. Israel has warned that Iran's missile and drone attacks will be met with a response and Tehran has threatened a harsher response.
Iran-Israel Conflict: India, which has called for immediate de-escalation of the conflict and maintain geopolitical peace, is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East. This has come in contrast to New Delhi’s expression of solidarity with Tel Aviv after the terror attack by Hamas.
Cameron's statement marks the starkest warning of a further escalation of tensions in the region after Iran directly attacked Israel on Saturday for the first time in decades. Iran launched some 300 missiles and drones in retaliation for a suspected Israeli attack on an Iranian embassy in Syria.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that coming US sanctions would target Iran’s missile and drone program and entities supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran’s Defense Ministry.
Tabassum, who described herself as a "first-generation South Asian-American Muslim," said that the USC officials refused in an April 14 meeting with her to share details of the university's security assessment.
Israeli army chief of staff said that ‘Iran will face the consequences for its actions’. His statement came amid calls for restraint by allies anxious to avoid an escalation of conflict.
Iran attacks Israel: On Sunday, Iran launched an unprecedented direct military assault on Israel, sending over 300 drones and missiles towards its territory. However, Israel successfully thwarted 99% of these threats with the help of its allies and its arrow defence system.
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