Jordan is organizing an international conference on Tuesday June 11 to raise funds for humanitarian aid for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who began a new tour of the Middle East on Monday to plead for a ceasefire, is due to attend this conference, organized jointly by the United Nations, Jordan and Egypt . Follow our live stream.
The Israeli army announces the death of four soldiers in Gaza. These soldiers were “killed during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip” Monday, the army announced in a press release, without giving details on the circumstances of their death.
UN Security Council support for the truce plan. The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a draft US resolution supporting the Gaza ceasefire plan. The text, which “greet” the truce proposal announced on May 31 by American President Joe Biden received 14 votes in its favor. Russia, for its part, abstained.
Five dead in an Israeli strike on the Syrian-Lebanese border. Three Syrians working with Hezbollah as well as two Lebanese were killed Monday evening in “an Israeli strike targeting a convoy of tankers entering Lebanon” from neighboring Syria, according to the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahmane. The Israeli army, for its part, claimed responsibility for strikes in southern Lebanon, explaining that it had carried out these operations after one of its drones was shot down.