The Israeli Air Force struck on Tuesday the Israeli UAV that Hezbollah had shot down in southern Lebanon on Saturday, the military said.

US President Joe Biden has marginally widened his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential election, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.Some 41% of registered voters in the five-day poll, which closed on Monday, said they would vote for Biden, a Democrat, if the election were held today, compared with 37% who picked former President Trump.That 4 point lead was up from a 1 point lead Biden held in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in March. The survey has a 4 percentage point marginof error for registered voters and many voters remain on the fence seven months before the Nov. 5 election.Some 22% of registered voters in the poll said they had not picked a candidate, were leaning toward third-party options or might not vote at all.While nationwide surveys give important signals on American support for political candidates, just a handful of competitive states typically tilt the balance in the US electoral college, which ultimately decides who wins a presidential election.

An in-person meeting of Israeli and US officials on the planned operation in the Gaza city of Rafah will take place in a couple of weeks, the White House said on Tuesday.

Hamas said early on Tuesday Israel's proposal that it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.However, the group added in a statement it would study the proposal, which it described as “intransigent”, and deliver its response to the mediators.

The US military said on Monday it destroyed air defense and drone systems of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi forces in the area of the Red Sea, with no injuries or damage reported to commercial, US and coalition ships.