Israel attacks Beirut, targets Hezbollah chief of staff

The IDF said Haitham Ali Tabataba'i was killed in the strike.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials reiterated their intention to block future Palestinian statehood ahead of the United Nations Security Council vote to authorize the U.S. plan for post-war Gaza on Monday.

There are three remaining deceased hostages in Gaza. Israeli authorities have been releasing the bodies of Palestinians in exchange for the return of hostage remains.

The ceasefire is broadly holding in Gaza, with Israeli forces inside the strip having pulled back to the so-called "yellow line." Still, renewed Israeli strikes have killed dozens of Palestinians in the past week.

Elsewhere, Israel is continuing strikes on what it says are Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and on Sunday launched an airstrike in the capital Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces is also continuing raids in parts of the occupied West Bank.


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Palestinian MFA welcomes UN resolution, urges two-state solution

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry -- which represents the Palestinian Authority government that exercises partial control over the West Bank -- said in a statement on Tuesday that it is ready to work with the U.S. on the Gaza peace plan authorized by a United Nations Security Council vote on Monday.

The "state of Palestine welcomes the U.N. resolution on Gaza and affirms its readiness to support implementation and assume its full responsibilities," the ministry said in a post to X.

The vote, the ministry wrote, affirmed "the establishment of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance, and the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state."

The statement urged the immediate implementation of the plan "in a manner that ensures the return of normal life, protects our people in the Gaza Strip, prevents displacement, secures the full withdrawal of the occupying forces, enables reconstruction, halts the undermining of the two-state solution and prevents annexation."

Despite sustained Israeli opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state or the involvement of the PA in the future governance of Gaza, the ministry said it is ready to cooperate with the U.S., the European Union and regional Arab states to help implement the U.S.-backed resolution authorized on Monday.

The U.S.-led plan for Gaza also says that the PA must undergo significant reforms before it can be considered for any future role in Gaza.

The ministry said the plan should be implemented "in a way that ends the suffering of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and advances the political path leading to peace, security, and stability between Palestinians and Israelis, based on the two-state solution grounded in international law and international legitimacy."

"The state of Palestine renewed its affirmation of its readiness to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, within the framework of the unity of land, people, and institutions, considering the strip an integral part of the state of Palestine," it added.


Adoption of US-led resolution 'important step' in ceasefire: UN

The adoption of the U.S.-led resolution on Gaza by the Union Nations Security Council is an "an important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas, the UN Secretary General spokesperson in a statement Monday.

"It is essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum into concrete and urgently needed steps on the ground," the spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said in the statement.

“The United Nations is committed to implementing the roles entrusted to it in the resolution, scaling up humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of civilians in Gaza and supporting all efforts to move the parties toward the next phase of the ceasefire,” he added.

This resolution is one step towards reaching the second phase of the U.S.' 20-point Gaza peace plan. The first phase of the plan went into effect on Oct. 10.

-ABC News' Ellie Kaufman


US-led resolution on Gaza adopted by the UN

The United Nations Security Council voted to approve a U.S.-drafted Gaza resolution on Monday, propping up President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan that would authorize an international force to stabilize the Gulf region, run by a "Board of Peace" headed up by Trump.

The resolution provides international legal authority for the multinational security mission.

"An adoption of the resolution today demonstrates the overwhelming support for the President's vision for a stable Gaza where Palestinians determine their own destiny, free from terrorist rule and violence, and under President Trump's bold leadership, the United States will continue to deliver results," U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz said immediately after the resolution was adopted.

"We will seize the opportunity today to end decades of bloodshed and make lasting peace a reality, and we will work tirelessly with our partners, as we have over the last several months, to advance this vision for a more stable and prosperous Middle East," he said.

No country voted against the resolution, though Russia and China abstained.

-ABC News' Mariam Khan


Israeli officials condemn more settler violence in the West Bank

Multiple Israeli officials on Monday condemned settler violence in the occupied West Bank following several attacks reported in the last few weeks.


The latest incident was in the Jab'a area where dozens of Israelis allegedly set fires and vandalized homes and cars, the Israel Defense Fores said.

The IDF said it “views such actions with severity and condemns any form of violence, which harms the security in the area and risks destabilization.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s strengthening security forces.

“I view with great seriousness the violent riots and the attempt to take the law into their own hands by a handful of extremists who do not represent the settlers in Judea and Samaria,” he said. “I call on law enforcement authorities to bring the rioters to justice.”

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement, “We will not accept the attempts of a handful of violent and criminal anarchists to take the law into their own hands and tarnish the settler public, and we will not allow them to harm IDF soldiers, undermine order, or divert forces from the missions of protecting Israeli citizens and thwarting Palestinian terrorism.”

-ABC News’ Will Gretsky