Gaza

When confronted with disparaging statements US President Donald Trump made about the UN's effectiveness and purpose, António Guterres admitted that the UN had no leverage to force members to obey.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the government was "determined to pass it [the state budget] on first reading,” during a press conference at the Knesset on Monday.

Netanyahu said Israel was approaching “Phase II” of the Trump plan, which is the next stage of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The various sectors of importance in the discussion were listed as technology and AI, as well as addressing food security.

During one deployment, Zakai learned that a close childhood friend had been killed in combat roughly a kilometer away from his unit.

Military also concerned about terror groups' attacks coming across Jordan border

Competing views on Hamas, the role of regional mediators, and the absence of Palestinian political representation at the executive level are shaping the next phase.

Hamas negotiates from exposure rather than strength or ambition, and Gaza has become a place it can neither control nor govern freely.

"Morocco welcomes the second phase of Trump’s comprehensive peace plan," the country's foreign ministry announced.

One essential element remains conspicuously absent from the new peace plan: a credible, empowered Palestinian representative capable of engaging Israel directly.