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US says Tsav 9 activists have blockaded key crossing, set trucks on fire and injured drivers as hunger spreads inside Gaza

The group has repeatedly targeted aid convoys bound for Gaza amid a humanitarian crisis, including by looting and setting fire to trucks

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned Monday to the Middle East as a proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal hangs in the balance after the rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in a military raid and following the latest turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

While the cause of the May 19 helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others remains unknown, the sudden death of the hard-line protégé of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has exposed the contradictions and challenges facing the country’s Shiite theocracy

The conflict has killed tens of thousands, laid waste to much of the Gaza Strip, uprooted most of its 2.4 million population and put them at risk of starvation.

Refugee camps under fire across region according to reports

A flurry of recent attacks in Iraq, apparently orchestrated by supporters of Iran-backed, anti-American militias, reflect surging anger against the United States, Israel’s top ally, over the war in Gaza

US awaits Hamas response on ceasefire and hostage release proposal for peace in Gaza.

Also warns of ‘dire consequences’ for Israeli security if the Palestinian Authority collapses

The Biden administration is imposing sanctions on dozens of Georgian officials and law enforcement authorities

The Palestinian group, known as Lions’ Den, has been connected to a number of shootings in the territory and was sanctioned today. The Israeli settlers, sanctioned in April, were referred to as ‘violent extremists’