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The presidential office said Gen. Valery Zaluzhny’s declaration that the war is at a stalemate was helpful to the Russians.

Fears are rising that the conflict could spread to the occupied West Bank, where tensions are soaring among Palestinians angered over deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

Pessimism over prospects for a quick victory is increasing, and the spirit that infused the first days of the conflict is starting to fade, polls find.

An Israeli colonel projected confidence as he described the battle against Hamas as “catching a mouse.” In Amman, Jordan, the Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers urged the U.S. secretary of state to push for a cease-fire.

A missile attack on an ambulance convoy has drawn severe criticism, including from the U.N., but Israel says it was transporting Hamas fighters.

The measures include using smaller bombs against Hamas, U.S. officials said.

Representative Tlaib has been on the leading edge of a group of Democrats critical of the president’s embrace of Israel, but the accusation marks an extraordinary broadside from a lawmaker of his own party.

Egypt’s foreign minister called for an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza without conditions, while Jordan’s foreign minister bluntly told the U.S. secretary of state, “Stop this madness.”

Mohammed Abu Hatab is the latest journalist to die while covering the Israel-Hamas war, which has killed more media workers than any other conflict in the area since 1992.