President Donald Trump’s advisers are proposing that he grant Syria a six-month waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as well as ease restrictions on businesses as a first step in his pledge to end a half-century of penalties, three U.S. officials said Friday.

At least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza’s health ministry said Friday, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip.

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Araghchi’s remarks follow a CNN report Tuesday that described the U.S. as having “new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.” It also comes as the U.S. and Iran are due to meet Friday in Rome for their fifth round of talks over a possible nuclear deal.

The U.N. children’s agency says more than 9,000 children have been treated for malnutrition in Gaza this year, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year. Experts also warn the territory could plunge into famine if Israel doesn’t stop its military campaign and fully lift its blockade.

Militants attacked a Russian air base in Syria, killing two soldiers, a Syrian government official and a local activist said Wednesday.

Iran’s top diplomat insisted Wednesday that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, reinforcing the Islamic Republic’s hard line ahead of a new round of indirect talks with the United States over its fast-advancing nuclear program.

Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities, hospital staff and aid groups said this week, as Israel pursued its renewed offensive into the devastated Palestinian territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza that has come under heavy international criticism, as the U.N. tries to get desperately needed supplies that entered the territory this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions.

The Pentagon is creating a task force to examine a previous investigation and findings of the U.S. military’s chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.