Jerusalem

Monday marked the deadliest day in Gaza since a 2014 war there, and was part of a high-stakes campaign by Gaza's Hamas rulers to break a decade-long border blockade.

US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have arrived in Israel ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.

Pence was to deliver a speech to the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, later Monday before holding a joint news conference with Netanyahu. The two men were then to have dinner together in Jerusalem.

UN members should not be unduly intimidated by what the US says and its “bullying” tactics over the vote on a Jerusalem resolution, says former UN Director of Communications Edward Mortimer.

The US ambassador to the UN has warned member states that Donald Trump will take a vote on his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “personally,” and she will report back to him on nay-sayers at the UN General Assembly.

Lebanese Hezbollah will work with its allies to create a strategy “in the field” to confront Israel, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said, calling again for a third Palestinian intifada (uprising), during a rally in Beirut on Monday.

UN security council to meet to discuss US decision amid widespread international condemnation and violence in occupied territories

President Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, upending nearly seven decades of American policy.

The IDF is on high alert after Hamas called for a “day of rage” ahead of the White House’s expected announcement to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The planned demonstrations come as nations around the world condemn Trump’s decision.

Turkey's president has warned it could sever ties with Israel if the US recognises Jerusalem as its capital.

The State Department has called on both sides to refrain from taking any actions that might escalate the crisis.

Israel is removing metal detectors from a holy site in Jerusalem and will use less obtrusive surveillance instead.

Shimon Peres, who served twice as Israel's prime minister and once as president, has died at the age of 93.