Overview
- Israel has accepted a U.S. proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza; Hamas is reviewing the terms but criticized provisions that would let hostilities resume afterward.
- United Nations officials describe Gaza as experiencing the world’s most severe hunger crisis, with distribution of thousands of aid trucks halted by ongoing strife.
- A group of armed Palestinians raided a UN field hospital storeroom in Deir al-Balah, stealing medical supplies, food and nutritional supplements intended for undernourished patients.
- The Israeli Air Force conducted its first airstrikes in Syria in a month, targeting weapons depots near Latakia used for maritime and air-defense missiles.
- Israel refused entry to Arab foreign ministers seeking to visit Ramallah, even as Saudi Arabia and France scheduled a mid-June UN conference in New York to advance a two-state solution.