LEBANON: IDF attacks Hezbollah targets in Beirut's Dahiyeh suburb ■ IRAN: Tehran says it is ready for confrontation with Israel as Trump claims victory ■ GAZA: Hamas senior official: Trump's victory 'puts him to the test' concerning Gaza war ■ HOSTAGE DEAL: Blinken says Hamas refused to release limited number of hostages to secure a cease-fire

IDF says it won't allow Palestinians to return to north Gaza, according to military sources ■ CNN: Qatar agreed to expel Hamas leaders from state after request from Biden administration ■ IDF says it struck Hezbollah targets in Tyre, Lebanon; Lebanon's Health Ministry: seven killed in the strikes, including two children ■ Palestinians: A man was killed, and two others wounded, during IDF operation in West Bank; IDF: Man was killed after he fired at Israeli forces ■ Here's what you need to know 400 days into the war

Qatar said that both Israel and Hamas are not acting in good faith, adding that it would renew its mediation efforts 'when the parties show their willingness to end the brutal war and the ongoing suffering of civilians' in Gaza

Surveys conducted in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza offer glimmers of hope among reasons for despair

Case in point: Evyatar, which was transformed from a makeshift outpost into a full-fledged settlement under the state's auspices

Yasser Matar and his friends were at a café when Israeli troops invaded the Qalandiyah refugee camp. As the young men ran for cover, Matar was shot dead at close range on the street

By appointing a prominent settler activist as Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Netanyahu is signaling his belief that Trump will support the unilateral Israeli annexation of the West Bank and parts of the Gaza Strip

'Anyone who loves this country needs to ask themselves – how is it that since Sinwar was killed, there has been no Israeli proposal for a deal? That instead of using the momentum, we made the Qataris withdraw from mediating?' asked Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held in the Gaza Strip