Following a cease-fire deal in mid-July after escalation in southern Syria, Israeli and Syrian officials have been meeting to reach a security agreement

Amid sharp international condemnation for Gaza's starvation, the Netanyahu administration has reportedly made moves to attempt to alleviate the crisis. The IDF spokesperson said the army is not starving the population in Gaza, and that Hamas is working to exacerbate the situation

Instead of holding Netanyahu to the terms of the January ceasefire deal, Trump and Witkoff allowed the Israeli prime minister to resume the war, strangle Gaza's aid supply and trigger a humanitarian catastrophe. All of which failed to bring the hostages home