An Israeli strike killed six people and wounded around 20 at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, a civil defence official told AFP.

Gaza’s civil defence said the bodies of those killed and "more than" 20 people wounded in the strike had been recovered from a building at the medical complex.

"The death toll from the Israeli strike inside Nasser Medical Complex, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, has risen to six," civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told AFP.

Nasser Hospital confirmed the six deaths in a statement.

President Donald Trump defended the war against Iran at a US Veterans Day commemoration that saw his defence secretary publicly admonished for a lack of decorum.

"The bravery and skill of our amazing American warriors has absolutely been incredible," Trump said in an address at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington.

"When this conflict is over, and it will be soon, the entire world will be a much safer and better place, more peaceful place, and a place without the kind of danger that we had to suffer."

Debris from two ballistic missiles intercepted and destroyed after being launched by Yemen's Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia's Mecca region fell in the area, including in Sabuhah village, Saudi Arabia's civil defence said in a statement.

Israeli forces abducted a resident of a village in southern Syria and later entered another village with military vehicles, Syrian media reported.

Al-Ikhbariya television said Israeli troops abducted the resident in Mazraat al-Fityan in southern Quneitra province.

The channel later reported that Israeli military vehicles entered Al-Samadaniyah al-Sharqiya in central Quneitra.

US Vice President JD Vance is considering holding face-to-face talks with a senior Iranian security official as Washington seeks a way out of the war with Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US and Middle Eastern officials.

The Journal reported that Vance sent a letter in October to Iran's Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, requesting a meeting.

The move carries significant political risks for Vance, who could become the public face of negotiations if they fail to secure an agreement, the report said.

War cabinet's reported directives raise concerns over a possible confrontation with Iran as Netanyahu leads a caretaker government.

The Maldives’ president has reaffirmed his country's ban on Israeli passport holders, saying they will not be allowed to enter under any circumstances, according to a statement from his office.

Speaking at a news conference at the President's Office, Mohamed Muizzu said proposed immigration legislation would establish an unconditional prohibition on entry for Israeli passport holders, regardless of changing circumstances.

Iran has attacked ship navigation systems on the Omani island of Didamar in the Strait of Hormuz, three sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed, showing Tehran's ability to target infrastructure used to restore Gulf oil flows.

The three sources did not provide a damage assessment, and Reuters could not determine independently if any navigation systems were destroyed in the attacks that Tehran had claimed on Tuesday.

Houthi militia attacked a pumping station in the Saudi Red Sea city of Yanbu with a drone, the group's spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement.

He also rejected an accusation by the Saudi-led coalition that a drone had been intercepted over the holy Islamic city of Mecca, saying that Houthi operations targeted Saudi oil facilities and military bases.

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has described US President Donald Trump's midterm election defeat as an "opportunity" for the Lebanese movement and other opponents of Washington in the region.

In a televised speech, Qassem said the election results marked an "earthquake" in the US and weakened Trump politically.

He argued that the defeat could have positive implications for Hezbollah and those confronting US policies towards Iran, Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen.

French authorities denied entry to the head of the settlement council in the northern occupied West Bank, in what Israeli media described as a “diplomatic precedent.”

i24NEWS, citing his office, said French immigration authorities stopped Yossi Dagan at a Paris airport after he arrived for meetings with elected French officials. The broadcaster said there was no known previous case of a Western country directly barring the head of an Israeli regional council in the occupied West Bank.

Gadi Eisenkot, tasked with forming Israel's next government, warned caretaker PM Benjamin Netanyahu against launching military or security operations without an immediate threat, Israeli media reported.

In a letter to Netanyahu, Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, said the prime minister was heading a caretaker government that no longer enjoyed the confidence of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, according to the Ynet news website.

“Only 46 Knesset members still support your continued tenure as prime minister,” said Eisenkot.

More than 150,000 tents bought by humanitarian partners and member states are waiting outside Gaza for Israeli permission to enter, the UN said.

The figure includes 117,000 tents from the Egyptian Relief Committee in El Arish, UN Deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters at a media briefing.

Iran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator said that Tehran had delivered a clear response outlining its demands to the US but has yet to receive an official reply from Washington.

"We have provided a clear and transparent response to the United States that includes our demands," Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf told Al Jazeera in an interview.

He said Washington has not yet provided an official or specific response to Iran's message.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says strikes on fuel facilities in Asaluyeh and Tehran caused severe environmental damage and urges accountability.

Large crowds gathered in Yemen's capital Sanaa to mourn dozens of people, including children, killed in strikes blamed on Saudi Arabia last week.

Houthi militia said a Saudi strike on Saturday hit the village of al-Shariya, killing 44 people, including 21 children, and injuring 40 others.

Mourners prayed beside coffins bearing photographs of the victims, chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans, according to an AFP photographer.

Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei has warned that Tehran would target US military bases beyond the region if Washington launches an attack on Iran.

Rezaei also said Iran is developing nuclear-powered ships and submarines, arguing that it needs enriched nuclear materials for the projects.

The Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government said that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed three cruise missiles launched by Houthi militia group toward the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia.

Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said in a statement that the missiles were intercepted before reaching their intended targets.

The incident comes amid continued military escalation between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, with the coalition reporting repeated interceptions of missiles and drones targeting different parts of the kingdom.

Three Palestinians were killed and several others injured in two Israeli air strikes targeting a tent and a house rooftop in Gaza City, in a new ceasefire violation.

Two people were killed when a tent on al-Jalaa Street was struck, while Hani al-Khudari, 44, was killed in a drone strike near Sheikh Radwan Cemetery. The victims and wounded were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital, according to medical sources.