US President Joe Biden on Friday said the creation of an independent state for Palestinians was not impossible while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still in office, and the two leaders had discussed the issue on Friday.Asked if a two-state solution was "impossible" while Netanyahu was in office, Biden said, "No, it's not."He said Netanyahu was not opposed to all two-state solutions, and there were several types possible, adding that some United Nations members don't have military forces.

US Central Command forces on Friday conducted strikes against three Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch, the US military said on X, formerly called Twitter."US forces identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and the US Navy ships in the region. US forces subsequently struck and destroyed the missiles in self-defense," the US Central Command said in the post on X.