"Israel-Hamas Conflict: Devastating Toll on Gaza Strip"

At least nine Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush in Gaza City, marking one of the deadliest attacks by Palestinian militants since the ground invasion of Gaza began. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel's offensive despite international pressure for a cease-fire. The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a humanitarian cease-fire, while U.S. President Joe Biden criticized Israel's "indiscriminate bombing" of Gaza. Clashes on the Lebanon-Israel border have exacerbated an education crisis in Lebanon, and at least seven Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank. Pope Francis renewed his call for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, and two missiles fired from Houthi-held territory in Yemen missed a commercial tanker near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.