Officials at Israel's only Red Sea port warned the government that it was at risk of complete shutdown without financial assistance due to the impact of Houthi attacks. The Port of Eilat experienced a 90 percent drop in activity since the attacks began, which were in response to Israel's actions in Gaza. Houthi militants have promised to continue these attacks until Israel ceases its operations in Gaza.
Zohran Mamdani, the self-professed socialist Democratic mayoral candidate, is securing key endorsements ahead of New York City's November election, including meetings with Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
The Slovenian government declared Israeli cabinet ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich as personae non gratae, accusing them of inciting violence and violating Palestinian human rights.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee paid a visit to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, marking an unprecedented move to shield the man charged with crimes both domestically and internationally.
"Suicide bombing needs to be understood as a feature of modern political violence rather than stigmatized as a mark of barbarism," Mahmood Mamdani wrote in his 2004 book "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror."