Middle East battle: Amid ongoing negotiations to finish the 10-month battle in Gaza, the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon threatened to additional escalate boiling tensions within the Middle East by firing over 50 rockets at Israel, hitting a number of non-public homes within the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. This got here as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with negotiators with the newest diplomatic mission to safe a ceasefire in Gaza.