KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple airstrikes hit Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis overnight into Thursday, killing more than 50 people in a second consecutive night of heavy bombing, while another airstrike in the north of the Palestinian territory left more than a dozen people dead, authorities said.

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House in February, Trump once again shared his vision for the war-torn location. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip. We’ll do a job with it. We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons,” he said.

President Trump was set to travel on Thursday from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates, the final leg of a Middle East tour that has so far yielded a major diplomatic breakthrough with Syria and multib...

Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the US, including a record-breaking defense partnership valued at nearly $142 billion.