Israel Consulted US on Its Strikes in Gaza, White House Told Fox News 

People displaced by conflict and fleeing from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip arrive carrying their belongings in Gaza City on March 18, 2025. (AFP)
People displaced by conflict and fleeing from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip arrive carrying their belongings in Gaza City on March 18, 2025. (AFP)
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Israel Consulted US on Its Strikes in Gaza, White House Told Fox News 

People displaced by conflict and fleeing from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip arrive carrying their belongings in Gaza City on March 18, 2025. (AFP)
People displaced by conflict and fleeing from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip arrive carrying their belongings in Gaza City on March 18, 2025. (AFP)

The administration of President Donald Trump was consulted on Monday by Israel on its deadly strikes in Gaza, a White House spokesperson told Fox News' "Hannity" show.

"The Trump administration and the White House were consulted by the Israelis on their attacks in Gaza tonight," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview.

Palestinian medics in Gaza reported dozens of people were killed in the aftermath of a series of the most violent air attacks by Israel on the Palestinian enclave since a ceasefire was reached on January 19 between Israel and Hamas.

A senior Hamas official said Israel had unilaterally overturned the ceasefire agreement.

"As President Trump has made it clear - Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, all those who seek to terrorize not just Israel, but also the United States of America, will see a price to pay. All hell will break loose," the White House spokesperson said.

Trump had previously publicly warned using similar words, saying that Hamas should release all hostages in Gaza or "let hell break out."

The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered on Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian Hamas gunmen attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's subsequent military assault on Gaza has killed over 48,000 Palestinians, according to the local health ministry, while also triggering accusations of genocide and war crimes that Israel denies. The assault has internally displaced nearly Gaza's entire 2.3 million population and caused a hunger crisis.

Washington separately launched a new wave of airstrikes on Saturday in Yemen in which it said dozens of members of the Houthi militias were left dead. The Houthis said at least 53 people were killed. Reuters could not independently verify those casualty numbers.

The Houthis had launched more than 100 attacks targeting shipping from November 2023, saying they were in solidarity with Palestinians over Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.



UN Peacekeeper Wounded in a Mine Explosion in Southern Lebanon

Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the road near the border with Israel in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura on March 19, 2025. (AFP)
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the road near the border with Israel in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura on March 19, 2025. (AFP)
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UN Peacekeeper Wounded in a Mine Explosion in Southern Lebanon

Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the road near the border with Israel in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura on March 19, 2025. (AFP)
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol the road near the border with Israel in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura on March 19, 2025. (AFP)

Lebanon’s state news agency said a UN peacekeeper was wounded when a mine exploded in the country's south.

National News Agency did not give further details about the blast between the villages of Zibqine and Yater, near the border with Israel.

Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), confirmed that a peacekeeper was wounded during an operational activity and was taken to a Beirut hospital for surgery.