Gaza Strip

United Nations officials said on Monday that six months of violence on the Israel-Lebanon border "must stop", urging de-escalation "while there is still space for diplomacy".

Efforts to broker a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip have shown signs of progress, with Egypt reporting advancements in negotiations between the two sides. However, the Israeli army has issued a cautionary statement, emphasizing that the withdrawal from the city of Khan Younis does not mark the end of military operations in the region.

Israeli leaders were preparing Monday for military operations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, where most of the Palestinian territory's population has fled after six months of fighting.

Talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a truce have made "significant progress", with more negotiations expected in the coming days, Egyptian state-linked outlet Al-Qahera reported Monday.

Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at Friday's funeral for seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals, who were killed in an air strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel.

Bulgaria has stirred controversy by casting a dissenting vote against a resolution proposed in the UN Human Rights Council, which sought to impose a ban on arms sales to Israel in light of the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip. The decision, reported by BNR "Horizon," has drawn criticism and raised questions about Bulgaria's stance on the matter.

German investigators have unearthed a suspected Hamas weapons stockpile in Bulgaria, as reported by Die Zeit. The discovery, confirmed by Deutsche Welle, Spiegel, and ARD, came after the arrest of Hamas-affiliated individuals in mid-December. A mobile phone seized during the arrest contained images of firearms and related equipment, leading authorities to the hidden cache.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his British, Finnish, Greek, and Bulgarian counterparts on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers' summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

Fidan and British Foreign Minister David Cameron discussed a variety of topics, including the Gaza and Ukraine conflicts, according to diplomatic sources.

A report by Turkish daily Hürriyet has revealed that a Polish aid worker who was a victim of the attack on a team of World Central Kitchen staff in the Gaza Strip had also rushed to Türkiye after devastating earthquakes in the country's south last year.

World powers widely condemned an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip that killed seven charity staff delivering desperately needed aid to the war-torn territory.

World Central Kitchen — one of two NGOs spearheading efforts to distribute aid brought by boat — said a "targeted Israeli strike" on Monday killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and U.S.-Canadian staff.

World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners.