Israeli airstrikes and gunshots killed at least 25 people overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials and the local ambulance service, as ceasefire talks appear to have stalled and Gaza faces famine.

A stray calico affectionately known as Pizza Cat will continue to make her rounds at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, despite online rumors this week that sparked a flurry of concern from current and former service members.

U.S. forces in Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader and his two adult sons Friday during a raid in al-Bab, Syria, U.S. Central Command said. It added that three women and three children were unharmed. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the U.S. recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of the negotiations into further uncertainty.

Talks between Iranian and European diplomats in Istanbul ended Friday with the sides agreeing to meet again to seek to unpick the deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear program.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Israel denounced the decision.

There was no official statement as to what has caused the blast in Idlib province. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the explosion took place at an ammunition depot.

The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home from Qatar, with special envoy Steve Witkoff saying that mediators have made a great effort, but Hamas does not appear to be acting in good faith.

Iran is ready to engage in talks on its nuclear program with the United States, but only if Washington takes meaningful steps to rebuild trust, a senior Iranian diplomat said Thursday ahead of a key meeting with European officials.

There was no official statement on the cause of the blast. The U.K.-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the explosion took place in an ammunition depot.