The Israeli military said on Thursday its forces carried out airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure, and launched an airstrike in southern Lebanon that killed two Hezbollah militants.

The Lebanon attack was the latest cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, raising fears of a war between Israel and Hamas spreading across Gaza.

Agence France-Presse quoted Hezbollah as saying that two of its fighters were killed in an Israeli attack on Kafakira.

Israel said a Hezbollah attack in northern Israel on Wednesday wounded 14 soldiers.

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The United Nations Security Council is preparing to vote on a resolution recommending granting full membership status to the Palestinian Authority.

If the Security Council recommends the Palestinian Authority’s application, the UN General Assembly can approve it by a two-thirds majority.

But the measure’s fate in the Security Council, where the United States holds veto power, is unclear.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during a visit to South Korea on Wednesday that the United States does not view the resolution as part of achieving a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Many agencies report Gaza is on the brink of famine, but the United States and Israel say access to aid has improved this month. Food trucks have entered Gaza’s Ashdod port for the first time since Israel approved the opening of aid supplies, the Israeli military said on Wednesday.

Gaza’s health ministry said Israeli military operations have killed nearly 34,000 Palestinians since the war began. The ministry said two-thirds of the victims were women and children.

Israel launched the offensive after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7 that killed about 1,200 people, according to Israeli data. The militants also took about 250 people hostage. Israel says about 130 hostages remain in custody, but a quarter of them are dead. Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States, Britain, the European Union and other countries.

Qatar is reconsidering its role as mediator between Israel and Hamas, the country’s prime minister told a news conference with his Turkish counterpart in Doha on Wednesday.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said his mediation activities were being abused, without elaborating.

“We are currently re-evaluating our role as mediators and how parties participate in mediations,” he said.

Al-Thani said Qatar was “limited” in what it could do as a mediator, even though senior Hamas leaders live in exile in the country.

Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been engaged in talks to secure a halt to the fighting, including the release of some hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Information for this report was obtained in part from The Associated Press, AFP and Reuters.