Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon and southern Syria on Monday, killing at least 10 people, including a child, according to local authorities. The Israeli military said it was targeting militants plotting attacks.
The airstrikes were the latest in what have been frequent and often deadly attacks by Israeli forces during the fragile ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.
It has also cut electricity and aid to Gaza in an attempt to force Hamas’ hand in negotiations.
Tension is high in multiple parts of the region, with Yemen’s Houthis threatening to attack Israel ships in its waters after issuing a four-day deadline to resume aid to Gaza.
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The Trump administration has suggested that it is keen to takeover Gaza, expressing a willingness to deploy troops to the strip, after Trump’s meeting with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, the first foreign leader to meet with the newly-sworn in president.
The plan consists of relocating Palestinians from Gaza into neighboring countries in order to rebuild the devastated strip, a move which ired Palestinians and Arab neighbors alike.
At least 57 Muslim nations have condemned the Trump administration’s plan to turn Gaza into the “Riveria of the Middle East.”
