The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen.
Blinken heads to Egypt in next stop on Mideast tour seeking ‘enduring end’ to Gaza war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to fly to Egypt today as part of a Middle East crisis tour seeking a new truce and “an enduring end” to the Israel-Hamas war.
In Cairo, Blinken is scheduled to met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the day after holding talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The trip, Blinken’s fifth to the region in the nearly four-month-long war, will later include stops in Israel and Qatar.
US military says it struck two Houthi drones that posed ‘imminent threat’
The US military says that its forces conducted a strike in self-defense against two Houthi drones in Yemen.
“US forces identified the explosive USVs in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined they presented an imminent threat to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region,” US Central Command says in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
White House says Biden would veto House GOP’s standalone Israel aid bill
The Biden administration strongly opposes a plan by US House Republicans for a standalone bill to provide aid to Israel and President Joe Biden will veto it if it reaches his desk, the White House says Monday as it pushes for legislation that includes support for Israel, Ukraine and border security.