The United States national security adviser and the Palestinian president were set Friday to discuss postwar arrangements for Gaza which, according to a senior U.S. official, could include reactivating Palestinian security forces driven out by Hamas in its 2007 takeover of the territory.
Israeli troops mistakenly killed three hostages while fighting in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials said, with the prisoners being wrongly identified as potential threats after they apparently escaped from their Hamas captors.
Israel is increasing military training next to Lebanon even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government reportedly seeks a diplomatic solution to separate Hezbollah forces from Israeli civilians.
A spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday rejected reports of a split between her and President Biden over the plight of civilians in Gaza amid Israel's onslaught.
The Palestinians are expecting a high vote Tuesday for a U.N. General Assembly resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza to demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month.