Man killed in shooting in northern town of Jisr az-Zarqa

A man has died of gunshot wounds after being fatally hurt in a shooting in the northern town of Jisr az-Zarqa.

EU foreign ministers meet with Arab counterparts amid push for Palestinian state

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhane, second left, and Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, second left, chair a meeting for talks on the Middle East in Brussels, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU foreign ministers held talks in Brussels with counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar as part of a diplomatic push for a two-state solution after the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Speaking after Monday’s meeting, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the two parties will look to see if they can combine their efforts to set up a joint conference on how to implement a two-state solution.

The push in Europe for a Palestinian state gained momentum last week when Ireland, Spain and Norway said they would recognize one starting May 28. But the move underscored divisions within the 27-nation EU, which has struggled to reach a unified position on the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught.

1 killed, several hurt in Tel Aviv clashes between Eritrean migrants

A man critically hurt during a brawl in south Tel Aviv between supporters and opponents of Eritrea’s regime has died of his wounds.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service says five other people were wounded in the clashes, three of them seriously.

עימותים בין אריתראים מתנגדי משטר ותומכי המשטר בשכונת התקווה בתל אביב, כולל השלכת אבנים, שימוש באלות ודוקרנים. המשטרה במקום ופועלת לפיזור המתפרעים@AnnaPines_ pic.twitter.com/x3ELBDzw9K

— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 27, 2024

There has previously been similar violence among Eritrean migrants in both Israel and elsewhere, including major clashes in Tel Aviv last September in which at least 170 people were hurt — including police officers.

Diplomats say UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting after deadly Rafah strike

General view of a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York on April 17, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

The UN Security Council has convened an emergency meeting for Tuesday, diplomats tell AFP, after an Israeli strike targeting two senior Hamas figures also reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians at a displaced persons camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

The closed-door meeting was requested by Algeria, which is currently a non-permanent member of the council, diplomats say.

IDF downs 2 drones targeting Eilat in attack claimed by Iran-backed Iraqi militia

A screenshot of video shared on social media shows an explosion as an interceptor missile hits a suspected drone near Eilat on 28, 2024, as the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed to target the Red Sea coastal city in a drone attack. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two explosive-laden drones heading toward Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat from the eastern direction — apparently originating in Iraq — were downed by air defenses, the military says.

According to the IDF, the two drones were intercepted by a fighter jet and ground-based air defense systems.

Both projectiles did not enter Israeli airspace, it adds.

The Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed to have launched three drones at IDF positions in Eilat.

Footage posted to social media shows an interceptor missile downing a suspected drone near Eilat this evening. https://t.co/hxnIOQXBVN pic.twitter.com/6GpK7h01Ol

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) May 27, 2024