Iran's missile campaign against Israel and U.S. bases cost Tehran up to $6.6 billion while depleting half its arsenal. Experts call for investment in cheaper interception technologies.

Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the international community needs to “seriously pressure Israel” to open Gaza’s borders and allow aid in, as Israel faces accusations of causing “man-made” mass starvation in the strip.

Ahead of a wider anti-war protest in Tel Aviv, some demonstrators held up photos of starving Palestinian children, with one sign saying, “Oppose crimes against humanity.”

Israel denies that it is responsible for hunger in Gaza. It called the countries’ statement “disconnected from reality” and blamed Hamas for undermining aid distribution and failing to agree to a ceasefire.

Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits.

Mr. Stephens argues that if Israel intended genocide, its military could have caused far more deaths. But genocide is about intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a group. Dismissing genocide because a powerful state didn’t maximize killing reduces it to a numbers game and ignores reality.

The United States will not attend an upcoming conference on an Israel two-state solution, State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday.