President Donald Trump’s key peace envoy will host new Gaza talks with Arab and Muslim officials on Friday in Miami, a State Department official tells the AP.

Hezbollah faces new Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon as ceasefire committee prepares to enforce the U.S.-brokered agreement terms by Dec. 31 deadline.

The strikes came a day before a meeting of the committee monitoring the enforcement of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that halted the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah a year ago.

On Syria, Sa’ar said that the new regime in Damascus has recently “toughened” its positions regarding a security agreement with Jerusalem, which is delaying diplomatic progress.

Sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF airstrikes -- continue despite the Gaza ceasefire.

People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.

Israeli officials are investigating any links between Iran and the murder of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, who specialized in nuclear science, according to a new report.

But Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi, who was one of the MPs not allowed to enter the West Bank through the Allenby land crossing from Jordan, later told CBC News the NCCM mischaracterized what happened at the border.