“Diplomats struggled to ease an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and get foreigners out of the blockaded enclave as intensifying clashes along Israel’s border with Lebanon and Israeli airstrikes inside Syria stoked fears of a wider conflict in the region,” the New York Times reports.
“With senior Israeli military officers signaling their intent to invade Gaza, Israel’s new emergency wartime government held its first formal meeting on Sunday, and appeared to be preparing for the invasion.
”Said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We will take Hamas apart.”
The Washington Post says Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to Israel on Monday.