More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. human rights office said. Meanwhile, the State Department said Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, planned to head to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned Kurdish and other groups in Syria against pursuing autonomy, stating that attempts to divide Syria would be viewed as a direct threat to Turkey’s national security. He also criticized Israel’s intervention there.

Iran says it plans to hold renewed talks over the country’s nuclear program this week in Turkey with officials from Britain, France and Germany, as well as European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

Israeli troops for the first time pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based. The World Health Organization said its main warehouse in the city, which is in the evacuation zone, was damaged by an explosion and a fire.

Trump is pushing for an end to the war in Gaza and trying to support the new Syrian government as the country emerges from years of civil war, and Israeli military operations have threatened to complicate those initiatives.

The test was the latest for a program that the West says improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles.

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Tom Barrack also criticized Israel’s recent intervention in Syria, calling it poorly timed and saying it complicated efforts to stabilize the region.

A joint statement issued by 28 countries including Britain, Japan and Canada says the war in the Gaza Strip “must end now” — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s isolation deepens.

More than two dozen Afghans who assisted the US military during 20 years of war and were stranded in the United Arab Emirates while awaiting stateside resettlement now have President Donald Trump backing their bid.

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans announced they had withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as humanitarian aid convoys started to enter the battered southern city.