cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39420755

Israeli forces kill four Palestinians across Gaza on Monday, after Israeli strikes killed at least 22 Palestinians and wounded over 80 on Saturday. Hamas sends a delegation to Cairo and another to Pakistan. Gaza’s children are eating rotten chicken from dumpsters, while Israel blocks aid. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares a Jacobin article, which includes Drop Site’s reporting on Epstein working with Israeli intelligence, with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak dismissing the article as “nonsense” and the magazine as “extremely antisemitic.” Palestinian Authority Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh meets with Tony Blair. Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem says at least 1,004 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, 2023. Ben-Gvir sends in his intelligence paramilitaries to shut down a Palestinian children’s performance in Jerusalem. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she will leave Congress in early 2026. President Donald Trump and New York City’s Mayor-elect Mamdani meet in a surprisingly warm summit at the White House. Abortion is once again illegal in North Dakota. The U.S. is actively preparing for covert action against Venezuela, Reuters reports. President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency quietly dissolves. Israel bombs a residential building in southern Lebanon, killing a top Hezbollah commander on the eve of Pope Leo’s visit to the country. U.S. signals optimism about Ukraine talks. Suicide bombing kills three in Pakistan. Russia and Ukraine trade drone strikes, as Russian strikes in Kharkiv kill 4 people. 11,000 people displaced by floods in Malaysia. China accuses Japan of escalating after it sends missile defenses to an island near Taiwan. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is arrested. Fifty of the 300 children abducted at a Catholic Church in northern Nigeria escape, while the army reports rescuing 38 others from another abduction in the country’s northeast.