President Joe Biden doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal in the near future, given a US-backed proposal with global support has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas. Biden said international leaders had discussed the ceasefire at the Group of Seven summit in Italy but, when asked if a truce deal would be reached soon, he replied simply “no”. However he added: “I haven’t lost hope.
Local media reported the strike hit a three-storey residential building and a number of wounded people, including women and children, were transported to local hospitals, which put out a call for blood donations. It was not immediately clear who the target of the strike was. And Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, setting it on fire and severely wounding one civilian mariner, authorities said.