In a landmark case that strikes at the heart of Israel's national identity, South Africa pleaded Thursday with the U.N.'s top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Israel's prime minister has vowed to fight until the "definitive victory over Hamas." But Israelis are wrestling with the question of what kind of military victory can be achieved.
Blinken said four Arab nations and Turkey promise to help rebuild Gaza. But they want to see steps toward creation of a Palestinian state, which Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow.
President Biden has firmly allied himself with the Israeli government after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. But the progressive wing of his party is increasingly critical about civilian deaths in Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Jordan's king as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading.
It's the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began, and could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas. But the biggest city in southern Gaza still is fiercely contested.
Residents reported strikes in the Gaza's central region, the latest focus of the nearly three-month air and ground war that has now engulfed most of the territory.
Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new $147.5 million emergency weapons sale to Israel.