The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold.
Starmer expected to press Trump on ending Gaza war in Scotland talks Monday
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will press Donald Trump on ending “the unspeakable suffering” in Gaza when they meet at the US president’s golf resort in Scotland today, a Downing Street spokesperson says.
The meeting at Turnberry, southwestern Scotland, comes as European countries express growing alarm at the situation in Gaza, and as Starmer faces domestic pressure to follow France’s lead and recognize a Palestinian state.
Starmer is expected to “welcome the president’s administration working with partners in Qatar and Egypt to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza,” a Downing Street spokesperson says.
“He will discuss further with him what more can be done to secure the ceasefire urgently, bring an end to the unspeakable suffering and starvation in Gaza and free the hostages who have been held so cruelly for so long,” they add.
Man killed, three others injured in shooting in Muqeible, northern Israel
A man in his 30s was shot dead in the Arab town of Muqeible in northern Israel earlier tonight, and three others were moderately and lightly injured.
The shooting victim is identified in Hebrew media reports as Ibrahim Ziadat, and the injured men are said to be his relatives.
Police have opened a criminal investigation into the incident.
In total, 147 members of the Arab community have died in violent circumstances since the beginning of the year amid an unrelenting crime wave plaguing Arab locales throughout Israel.
Houthis threaten to target any ships that do business with Israeli ports
Yemen’s Houthis say they will target any ships belonging to companies that do business with Israeli ports, regardless of their nationalities, as part of what the rebel group calls the fourth phase of its military operations against Israel.
In a televised statement, the Houthis’ military spokesperson warns that ships will be attacked if companies ignore their warnings, regardless of their destination.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces call on all countries, if they want to avoid this escalation, to pressure the enemy to halt its aggression and lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip,” he adds.