"Escalating Conflict: Israel's Strikes on Overcrowded Rafah Push Gaza to Brink of Humanitarian Crisis"

Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza, as UN warns of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Hamas' ceasefire proposal, vowing to fight on, while US President Joe Biden plans to host Jordan’s King Abdullah II for talks on resolving the Israel-Hamas conflict. More than 6,920 Palestinians have been arrested in the occupied West Bank since October, and the US conducts strikes against Houthi missile systems in Yemen. Australia, the US, and the UK suspend funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees amid allegations, and Germany's chancellor heads to Washington to discuss the Israel-Hamas war.