"Israel's Escalating Conflict: Updates on Gaza Offensive and Middle East Diplomacy"

Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are uncertain about where to seek safety as Israel vows to push further south, while Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken travels to Egypt and Qatar to prevent a wider regional war and rally allies around a proposed cease-fire agreement for Gaza. A group of U.S. ambassadors urges Congress to act on aid for Israel and other allies, while Amnesty International accuses Israeli forces of killing Palestinians in the West Bank with impunity. Russia and China criticize recent U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iraq and Syria at the U.N. Security Council, and the Pentagon reports that most of the Iranian and militia targets were destroyed or rendered inoperable in the strikes.