Bharat Express

Gaza

Israel has increased airstrikes on Iranian-backed militants and Syrian army sites since the war began on October 7

Israel pledges to curb Iran's influence in Syria, despite not mentioning specific strikes

Hamas has offered initial positive confirmation to a proposal to end the war in Gaza and free hostages

Earlier on Monday, Qatari Prime Minister announced that negotiations in Paris with CIA chief Bill Burns and top Israeli and Egyptian security officials yielded a framework for a phased truce

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed to conduct an urgent and comprehensive independent review of UNRWA

South Africa claims that Israel violates the United Nations Genocide Convention, which was enacted in 1948 as a response to the Holocaust

The 17-judge panel will only assess whether or not to apply provisional measures and whether there is a reasonable possibility that Israel's action violates the 1948 Genocide Convention

The United Nations humanitarian office said the area was home to 88,000 Palestinians and was hosting another 425,000 displaced by fighting elsewhere.

Blinken, on a visit to Nigeria, was responding to persistent predictions that Israel would establish a buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip, which has sparked Arab outrage

The October 7 attacks killed around 1,140 people in Israel