At anniversary event hosted by Israeli UN mission, countries tout growing ties; UAE, Morocco and Bahrain hail treatment of local Jews, US says it hasn't forgotten Palestinians

Linda Thomas-Greenfield says she promised Leah Goldin to 'do everything possible to support her efforts to have her son returned'

President meets with UN chief Guterres, 21 ambassadors, urges them to oppose investigations and resolutions against Israel, which he says make peace more difficult to achieve

Leaders will speak as Israeli PM says strikes on Strip to continue amid ongoing rocket fire; Erdogan accuses Biden of having blood on his hands

Amid growing international efforts to restore calm, Blinken indicates US not joining calls for immediate ceasefire

Member states have until noon on Monday to negotiate; diplomats tell ToI that Washington is pushing back on statement which criticizes both sides for ongoing fighting in Gaza

US envoy calls for halt to rocket fire, doesn't mention Israel's right to self defense; Erdan charges Hamas preplanned violence; Palestinian Authority: No equivalence between sides

President says 'question is how' to get Hamas to cease 'indiscriminate' attacks; Washington blocks Security Council meeting on issue, where Israel would likely have been criticized

General Accounting Office finds USAID failed to properly check secondary recipients of funds it provided

$100 million has already been allocated, with little of it publicized, as Washington reverses the Trump policies that saw nearly all funding cut off