Israel launched a new deadly strike on Tuesday as the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called for "fundamental changes" to the way Israeli forces operate in the occupied West Bank.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, has died, his family said on Sunday, dealing fresh heartbreak to the families of captives who fear time is running out for their loved ones seized by the militants more than 10 months ago.
Even before the Gaza case was detected, officials concluded that "the worst-case scenario has materialised". Now they've diagnosed "an unqualified failure".
Tiers of graves are stacked deep underground in a bloated Gaza cemetery, where Sa'di Baraka spends his days hacking at the earth, making room for more dead.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces reported around 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon on Sunday evening, though some fell into open areas and no injuries were reported.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrates what he sees as major victories against Hamas and Hezbollah this week, the mood in Tel Aviv is far from celebratory.
Israel targeted Mohammed Deif in a July 13 strike that hit a compound on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Hamas has denied he was killed.
The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, and they threatened to open a new front in the region as Israel battles proxies of Iran.