A federal judge in New York rejected Saudi Arabia’s latest effort to dismiss civil claims that it supported the 9/11 hijackers, finding the claims legally sufficient to proceed to trial.

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of 2026, bowing to demands from the U.S. and Israel.

Thursday’s attack came after the Israeli military said early in the day that it intercepted a drone launched towards Israel by the rebels on Thursday, the third strike by Yemen on Israel in the past week.

France, Germany and the United Kingdom moved Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its atomic sites were repeatedly bombed during a 12-day war with Israel.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry called the attack “a grave violation of international law.” The Israeli military did not comment on the strikes.

Israeli and U.S. officials met Wednesday in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza, even as Israel’s military called the evacuation of Gaza City “inevitable” ahead of a new offensive and no sign of a ceasefire was in sight.

Saudi Arabia is expanding its missile defense capabilities with new training on a U.S.-made system, even as Washington works to replenish its own depleted stockpiles.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are ready to invest in an economic zone in Lebanon near the border with Israel that would create jobs for members of Hezbollah and its supporters once they lay down their weapons, the U.S. envoy to the Middle East said.

The Israeli military said its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists, targeted what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera, but offered no immediate explanation for striking twice and no evidence for an assertion that six of the dead were militants.

Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip and then hit the facility again as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers said.