Israel attacks Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah, and the Nuseirat refugee camp on Monday, as it continues to bombard Gaza City, killing a man in Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighborhood on Sunday. Israel reverses a plan to allow around 200 Hamas fighters trapped behind the “yellow line” in southern Gaza to cross back into Hamas-held territory. The Knesset advances a bill imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis, as Israeli forces and settlers kill two Palestinians early Monday morning as part of the continued assault on the West Bank. Drop Site reports on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s escalating campaign against Venezuela. Meghnad Bose and Biplob Das’s new reporting documents the 11th-hour push by the extremely wealthy to boost Andrew Cuomo’s floundering campaign against Zohran Mamdani. A federal judge orders President Trump to continue funding food stamps, but Trump warned that payments could be delayed until he received “appropriate legal direction.” Southern Lebanon remains under Israeli siege, as Lebanese troops confronted Israeli troops for the first time Sunday night. An Israeli drone struck a car in southern Lebanon this morning killing at least one person and injuring seven. American diplomat Tom Barrack promotes a monarchist vision for the Middle East. Oman’s chief diplomat places the bulk of the blame for regional instability on Israel, not Iran, at this weekend’s Bahrain summit. Massacres continue in El-Fasher. Tehran is running out of water, and Donald Trump inexplicably threatens military action against Nigeria.