Evening recap

Hello MEE readers. In its first press briefing since the Israeli strikes on Rafah on Sunday, which killed at least 45 Palestinians and caused global condemnation, the White House said that the strike would not result in a change in US military assistance to Israel.

The strike, which left bodies completely dismembered and charred from the fires that erupted following the bombing, caused major outrage in an Israeli invasion that has for months killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

A source close to Hamas told MEE that the strikes had caused the Palestinian movement to end the ceasefire negotiations that have been taking place for weeks.

"After eight months of futile negotiations, and with continued massacres... there will be no negotiations or a review of the signed paper or discussions around its details," the source said.

Following a closed-door meeting at the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Algeria said it would put forth a resolution to "stop the kiling" in Rafah.

In other news:

• Mexico made a formal intervention at the International Court of Justice, requesting that the court allow it to join South Africa's ongoing case accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

• The US military has suspended aid deliveries to Gaza by sea after its $320m temporary pier was damaged by bad weather. 

• Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza is still under a military siege by Israeli forces.

• Former US presidential candidate Nikki Haley visited Israel and signed a message on Israeli artillery fire with the words "Finish Them".

• A group of activists with the group Palestine Action posted a video on X showing them cutting the internet cables to a manufacturing facility in Edinburgh belonging to the American arms maker, Leonardo.

• Several aircraft launched two raids on an area in Yemen located west of the port city of Hodeidah, which is controlled by the Houthis.