The United Nations pressured Israel on Monday to observe a ceasefire after Israeli forces killed a key Hamas commander in air strikes on Gaza while also facing rockets fired from Lebanon.
Hundreds of Pro-Palestinian protesters called for a Gaza cease-fire and obstructed traffic at the Port of Tacoma on Monday, coinciding supposedly with the arrival of a military supply ship, the Cape Orlando, the Associated Press reported.
Amid growing concerns regarding the increasing civilian casualties in Gaza, the Biden administration is preparing a significant $320 million transfer of precision bombs to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Recent attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria underscore the challenge the Biden administration faces in deterring Iranian-backed militias without sparking a direct conflict with Iran or upsetting the U.S.-aligned government in Iraq, from which many of these attacks are launched, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The president of Hungary, from where tens of thousands of Jews emigrated to Israel since World War Two, expressed concern about Hungarian Jewish hostages held by Hamas on Sunday and said Israel “has the right to defend itself.”
On Monday, an Ohio-class Submarine joined the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG), which entered the Red Sea last Friday, having traveled through the Suez Canal after their passage from the Mediterranean Sea.