'Our priority is to protect Jordan and Jordanian citizens and do whatever we can against escalation, that would be detrimental to all.'

The Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi tells me the 'pressure is on Israel not to escalate' after Iran's weekend attack.

Iran's attack on Israel seemed planned to minimise casualties while maximising spectacle. Good analysis here:
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/14…

This is significant:  

Biden made clear to Netanyahu that the US will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran, MJ Lee to me on the air just now.

Gaza's health system is hanging by a thread, as patients go through immense suffering at hospitals. Paula Hancocks reports.

IDF report on killing of WCK aid workers in Gaza: 'a grave mistake stemming from a serious failure due to a mistaken identification, errors in decision-making, and an attack contrary to the Standard Operating Procedures.'
Live updates here: edition.cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

IDF report on killing of WCK aid workers in Gaza: 'a grave mistake stemming from a serious failure due to a mistaken identification, errors in decision-making, and an attack contrary to the Standard Operating Procedures.'
Live updates here: edition.cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

Blinken's “candid conversations” with the prime minister & the war cabinet were the latest attempt by the Biden admin to pressure the Netanyahu government into changing course.

Still, there are few signs that the pressure is having an impact on Netanyahu. cnn.com/2024/03/21/pol…

Russia & China veto US-led ceasefire resolution for Gaza in UN Security Council

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Qatar says a counterproposal expected to be sent to Hamas on Gaza ceasefire.
Israel's Mossad chief has now left talks in Doha.
د. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari says Qatar is 'cautiously optimistic'

Israel says it is close to deciding on military activities in Lebanon as Biden officials worry it may launch an incursion.
edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2…

Palestinian children in Gaza are living with violence, homelessness, starvation, and disruption to education. Some have been orphaned, while others endure the fear of their parents being killed by Israeli strikes.

Days spent playing with friends or going to school have been…

The US airdrops 66 pallets of food into Gaza as President Biden insists Israel does more to facilitate entry of aid. cnn.com/2024/03/02/pol…

Many deaths at Gaza food aid site resulted from trampling during escape from Israeli fire, journalist says edition.cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

Read, watch our report here cnn.com/interactive/20… w/ Abeer Salman Mohammad Al Sawalhi Mick Krever Ivana Kottasová Gianluca Mezzofiore Ben Brown Oscar Featherstone Mark Baron

BREAKING: Three US service members were killed and at least 2 dozen injured in a drone attack on a base in Jordan on the border with Syria, Tower 22. A significant escalation: cnn.com/2024/01/28/pol…

The UN relief agency in Gaza, UNRWA, says that a shelter hit by Israeli tank fire near Khan Younis has left nine people dead.
 
Director of UNRWA Affairs Thomas White said in an attack on the Khan Younis Training Centre two tank rounds hit a building that shelters 800 people.

Some personal news; I’ve moved from Seoul to Abu Dhabi with CNN. Looks like I’ve picked a busy time to move back to the Middle East.

Opponents vow 'beginning of the end' for Myanmar's junta as resistance launches nationwide offensive. @Hcregan, Salai TZ, Angus Watson and Paula Hancocks have more: edition.cnn.com/2023/11/28/asi…