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The Israeli military suffered its highest one-day death toll since invading Gaza, adding to the challenges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces over the war with Hamas.

President Biden’s executive order appeared to be aimed in part at Arab American voters who are furious with his administration’s backing of Israel in the war in Gaza.

More than two dozen U.S. service members were injured in the strike, which underscored the growing turmoil in the region since the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October.

At the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels, officials were confused by Israel’s presentation and pressed for recognition of the importance of moving toward a Palestinian state.

More than a dozen countries have suspended support for UNRWA since Israel accused some of the agency’s workers of participating in the Oct. 7 terror attacks or in their aftermath.

Families of hostages have taken more aggressive steps, trying to increase pressure on the Israeli government to give priority to the captives’ return.

A framework agreed upon by the United States, Israel, Qatar and Egypt proposes a six-week cease-fire for Hamas to exchange some hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The chief of intelligence in Syria for Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards force was among those killed, according to Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency and an Israeli defense official.

Concerns over the possibility of even more tumult in the Mideast are rising. And the future of the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, a humanitarian lifeline in war-torn Gaza, is under fierce debate.

An Iranian military leader appeared to signal the country would not escalate tensions, and a militia blamed for a deadly strike on U.S. troops said it would halt its attacks.