Live Updates: US Navy sends nuclear submarine to Middle East

4:34 GMT - The US Navy has sent a nuclear submarine to the Middle East

“On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X.

Since the Palestinian resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al Aqsa Flood against Israel on October 7, the US has sent two aircraft carriers to the region.

4:00 GMT - King of Jordan says 'urgent medical aid' airdropped into Gaza

Jordan's air force airdropped vital medical supplies to a field hospital in the besieged Gaza, King Abdullah II said early Monday.

"Our fearless air force personnel airdropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza," he said on X.

"This is our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza," he said, adding: "We will always be there for our Palestinian brethren."

3:30 GMT - Gaza media office calls on ICC to condemn Israeli minister's remarks

The head of the Media Office in Gaza urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to include a call by the Israeli heritage minister for dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza as evidence of Israel's crimes.

“We call on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to include this audacious and outrageous statement as evidence of the occupier's acknowledgment of committing and inciting crimes,” said Salam Marouf in a statement viewed by Anadolu News Agency.

“We hope to see a practical and concrete effort from the international legal system that leads to seeing these killers in the dock to receive fair punishment for their horrifying crimes,” Marouf said.

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