Middle East updates: Blinken calls for end to Gaza warOutgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israel achieved its aims and must now allow Palestinians to return to Gaza.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah has launched drone attacks on Tel Aviv.
EU top diplomat suggests suspending political dialogue with Israel — reports
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is proposing that EU member states suspend regular political dialogue with Israel over allegations from international aid organizations that Israel is violating human rights and international humanitarian law in Gaza, according to reports from the DPA and Reuters news agencies.