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In its first comments since entering a ceasefire with Israel in Lebanon, Hizbullah said it would continue to stand with Palestinian fighters. Earlier Hamas said it would cooperate with “any efforts” to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza. At least 33 people were killed and 134 injured by Israeli strikes on the enclave on Tuesday night, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

Donald Trump picked Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and loyalist, to serve as a special envoy to Russia and Ukraine. In April General Kellogg co-published a paper advocating an end to the war through a negotiated settlement. It included security guarantees for Ukraine, but not NATO membership. It also acknowledged that Mr Trump has his own strategy, which he had “not fully revealed”.