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After postponing the vote Friday morning over lack of US support, the United Nations Security Council is set to decide today on a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The UAE-led proposal demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.failed to gain support from the United Nations Security Council after a US veto.

The UN chief warned of the “severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system” in Gaza as Israeli forces pushed further into the southern part of the strip.

An escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border saw the Israeli military striking several towns in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah claimed an attack on northern Israel Thursday.

As Israel deepens its campaign in the southern Gaza Strip with "the most intense day since the beginning of the ground operation,” its Arrow defense system reportedly intercepted a missile and the US Navy reported shooting down another drone from Yemen’s Houthis.

US forces shot down Houthi drones in the Red Sea as Israel's incursion into south Gaza expanded.Rina Bassist, Ezgi Akin, Beatrice Farhat, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Adam Lucente, Jack Dutton, Jared Szuba and Al-Monitor’s contributors on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel contributed to this blog.Click here for our most recent updates.

Israeli forces are advancing into southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis, where residents have received conflicting instructions on evacuating and the area’s main hospital is overflowing with the dead and wounded.

The Israeli military has expanded operations in southern Gaza as its aerial bombardment intensifies, while regional tensions are escalating with continuing attacks on commercial by Iran-backed groups in the Red Sea.

Regional tensions continue to flare as mediators announce an eleventh-hour agreement to extend the pause in fighting by one day.Rina Bassist, Ezgi Akin, Beatrice Farhat, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Adam Lucente, Jack Dutton, Jared Szuba and Al-Monitor’s contributors on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel contributed to this blog.Click here for our most recent updates.

The Israeli military has expanded operations in southern Gaza as its aerial bombardment intensifies, while regional tensions are escalating with continuing attacks on commercial by Iran-backed groups in the Red Sea.