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Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were supposed to travel to Islamabad.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi left Pakistan earlier today after Iranian officials made it clear they only planned to meet with Pakistani officials, not with the U.S.
Iran has dismissed Trump's unilateral extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire as, quote, meaningless, saying the continued U.S.
blockade on Iranian ports is in violation of that agreement.
is intercepting ships coming to or from Iran, as Iran is maintaining military control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Most ships in and around the strait are not moving, and neither side appears to be budging.
Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Beirut.
The killings took place in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where the neighboring refugee camp has been the focus of an ongoing Israeli military operation for almost a year.
In the videos, the two Palestinian men come out of a garage holding their hands up and lifting their shirts to show they're unarmed.
They're ordered to their knees and comply before gunshots ring out and the men slump to the ground, apparently dead.
One Israeli soldier can be seen firing a weapon.
In a statement, the Israeli military said the two men were, quote, wanted individuals and that the incident was being investigated.
Palestinian and human rights groups point out such investigations are often lacking and Israeli troops rarely prosecuted.
Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City in the north while several airstrikes hit central Gaza.
Israeli forces also opened fire in Rafah in the south.
Israel says Hamas militants crossed the yellow line into Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza and threatened Israeli troops, and that the resulting strikes killed five senior Hamas officials.
Hamas called the attacks a, quote, blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and called on the mediators, including the U.S., to pressure Israel to stop.