Key Points
US President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, Israeli officials said, for talks expected to include a discussion of Israeli plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran..
The call, underway late Wednesday morning US time, was the leaders first known chat since August and coincided with a sharp escalation of Israels conflict with both Iran and Iran-backed Hezbollah with no sign of an imminent ceasefire deal to end the conflict in Gaza...
Meanwhile, Hezbollah on Wednesday said its fighters had pushed back advancing Israeli troops in clashes along the length of the border...
The group said it had fired several rocket salvos at Israeli troops near the village of Labbouneh in the western part of the border area, close to the Mediterranean coast, and had managed to push them back..
At least 60 people were killed in Israeli military strikes on Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said on Wednesday, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid in the enclaves north where a UN aid official said hunger is spreading again...
