United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres invoked a rarely used article of the UN charter known as Article 99 to urge the UN Security Council to push for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on Wednesday.Article 99 determines that the UN chief "may bring to attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion, may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.”

Against the background of continued fighting in the North, the IDF announced tonight that they had accidentally hit a Lebanese army position after returning fire from Hezbollah, and apologized for the incident, according to Israeli media.

US Treasury's Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States would "be responsible for Ukraine's defeat" if the US Congress fails to approve the Biden administration's latest multi-billion-dollar funding request for the war-torn country.Yellen told reporters on a trip to Mexico City that the funding - particularly for Ukraine's general government budget support - was "utterly essential" and a pre-condition to keep International Monetary Fund support flowing to Ukraine."I've talked to members of Congress, my colleagues have. I think they understand this, that this is a dire situation and we can hold ourselves responsible for Ukraine’s defeat if we don’t manage to get this funding to Ukraine that's needed and I’m including direct budget support here because that’s utterly essential," Yellen said.

Leaders of the Group of Seven countries will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.They will discuss the situation in Ukraine, the Middle East and artificial intelligence, Japan's chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at press conference.The White House earlier announced the meeting, which will be closed to the media, will be held at 9:30 a.m. ET (1430 GMT).

Following an Israeli Air Force strike on Wednesday morning, 6 were reported killed and many were injured in two houses in the Nuseirat camp in the center of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian media.

Egypt has started building a concrete wall in the border area with Gaza, to prevent a possible passage of Gazan refugees into its territory, Arab media reported.