As the war entered its 27th day and with Gaza still in dire need of humanitarian aid, Dick Durbin of Illinois became the first US senator to call for a cease-fire.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.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with regional foreign ministers in Amman on Saturday in a bid to reach consensus on a postwar plan for the Gaza Strip and avoid regional conflagration.