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As President Biden's administration faces mounting scrutiny, dissent within the State Department highlights concerns over America's stance on international conflicts.

The resolution -- passed with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining -- "welcomes" the truce and hostage release proposal announced on May 31 by President Joe Biden, and urges "parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition." The resolution says Israel has accepted the truce plan, and "calls upon Hamas to also accept it."

Gantz, a popular former military chief, joined Netanyahu's government shortly after the October 7 Hamas attack in a show of unity.

During the protest, multiple statues in Lafayette Square were vandalized with spray paint, graffiti, and painted red handprints.

The hostages were taken to the hospital for medical checks and were in good health, the military said.

Adding Israel to the report this month is expected to intensify global attention on the country's actions during the conflict in Gaza.

A hospital in central Gaza said Thursday at least 37 people were killed in Israeli bombardment overnight of a UN-run school which the Israeli military said housed a "Hamas compound." The deadly strike came as US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators have resumed talks aimed at securing a truce and hostage release deal.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to impose sanctions on the ICC following its arrest warrants against Israeli officials.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday appeared to play down a suggestion he made in an interview with Time magazine that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dragging out the Gaza war for political reasons.

The city in southern Japan this week invited dozens of countries and territories to the August 9 event on the anniversary of the US nuclear attack in 1945 that killed 74,000 people.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Tuesday denied American media reports that he will address the US Congress on June 13, amid mounting pressure to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas.

Israeli authorities were battling intense forest fires Tuesday in the north of the country that broke out shortly after rocket and drone strikes from neighbouring Lebanon, forcing the partial evacuation of one town.

Doubts were growing Monday about a plan for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden as heavy fighting raged for a third day since his White House address.

Gallant shared that the government is currently advancing alternatives to Hamas.

The parade takes place nearly eight months after the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas, which stands as the deadliest in Israel's history.

Netanyahu's statement came after Biden announced that Israel had proposed a three-phase deal for a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for Hamas releasing hostages.

Israel faced a wave of international condemnation Monday over a strike that Gaza officials said killed 45 people when it set off a fire that ripped through a tent city for displaced Palestinians.

Netanyahu emphasized that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had taken "every precaution possible" to protect civilians in Gaza.

The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said in a statement that the strikes "claimed the lives of 35 martyrs and left dozens injured, most of them children and women".

Israeli forces struck the Gaza Strip on Friday, as the UN's top court ruled for an "immediate" halt the military offensive over accusations of "genocide".

Ireland, Norway, and Spain said they would formally recognize the State of Palestine on May 28. Israel said it was recalling its envoys to Ireland and Norway for "urgent consultations" and was expected to do the same with its ambassador to Spain.