KEY POINTS
- Inner political turmoil in Israel as Netanyahu allegedly disapproved Gantz's US trip
- US Vice President Kamala Harris calls for 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire, to meet Gantz
- IDF conducted biggest raid in West Bank's Ramallah in years, witnesses say
The war in Gaza has entered its 150th day, and the Red Sea crisis has reached devastating highs following the sinking of a British-owned commercial ship in the Red Sea that Iranian-backed Houthis attacked two weeks ago.
Amid elevated tensions in the Red Sea, an Italian warship shot down a drone in the area. The Italian Defense Ministry also called out the Yemeni Houthi rebels for their continuing "serious violation" of international law that protects freedom of navigation.
- Israeli warplanes strike Hezbollah site after 1 killed in missile attack in Galilee
- 'Attack' reported off of Yemen: United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation (UKMTO)
- 'Significant progress' made in Sunday Cairo talks with Hamas: Egyptian state-linked TV
- Vessel attacked off Yemen was 'linked to Israel': Israel's national broadcaster
- Gaza truce won't necessarily end Israel-Lebanon border fighting: US envoy
In the Israel-Lebanon border, where tensions are just as high, Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have targeted "military bases" overnight, causing material damage to some assets of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
A missile attack near a northern Israel community killed one person and wounded seven others, Israel's rescue service Magen David Adom (Mdais) said Monday.
Back in Gaza, expansive operations are underway ahead of the Ramadan month, even as the U.S. and its allies push for a ceasefire. Israel skipped hostage talks in Cairo on Sunday over Hamas' alleged failure to first present a list of which hostages are alive and which died in captivity.
A day earlier, Israel was reported to have "basically accepted" a six-week ceasefire plan in Gaza and was only waiting for Hamas' response. However, it appears that the warring sides are now at a stalemate.
The raging war in Gaza stems from Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, wherein the Palestinian militant group murdered more than a thousand Israelis and foreigners and abducted some 250 individuals – around 130 of which are still being held in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to bend to international pressure for a truce, drawing from years of violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict that has seen civilians from both sides suffering the brunt of decades-long fighting.
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Gaza truce won't necessarily bring Israel-Lebanon border peace: US envoy
U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein on Monday offered a less-than-optimistic view of the hostilities in the Israeli-Lebanese border, saying a halt to the fighting in Gaza won't automatically mean fighting between the IDF and Hezbollah will end as well.
Hochstein is in Beirut as part of Washington's efforts to help resolve the issue at Israel's northern border. "Escalation of violence is in no one's interest, and there is no such thing as a limited war. A temporary ceasefire is not enough. A limited war is not containable," he told reporters after his meeting with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri.
His visit came on the same day one person was killed following a missile attack targeting northern Galilee in Israel.
