The central road out of Khan Younis ‘constitutes a battlefield’, says the IDF; the UN says that ‘an even more hellish scenario’ looms for Gaza
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The IDF has said in two posts on Telegram this hour that “Sirens [have] sounded in the city of Be-er Sheva, southern Israel” and “in communities near the Gaza Strip”. The Times of Israel reports the rocket warning sirens were near a kibbutz and an airbase.
The White House said Monday that the US might establish a naval taskforce to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea.
We are in talks with other countries about a maritime taskforce of sorts involving the ships from partner nations alongside the United States in ensuring safe passage