US Treasury yields rose after US President Donald Trump said the US does not need a deal with Iran, as traders weighed the chance of a larger-than-usual Federal Reserve rate hike next month.

"We don't need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!" Trump wrote on social media.

The 2-year note yield, which typically moves in step with Fed interest rate expectations, rose 13.96 basis points to 4.867 percent, the highest since October 14.

The yield on benchmark US 10-year notes increased 11.58 basis points to 5.105 percent and reached 5.1169 percent, the highest since October 21.

The Saudi-led coalition said that it intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi militia over the Riyadh area and eastern Saudi Arabia.

Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said on X that one drone was intercepted and destroyed over the Riyadh area and another over the Eastern Province.

US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has said that "dramatic changes" are needed in the Middle East, including in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and US defence cooperation with Israel.

But he stopped short of explicitly endorsing a proposal to remove Israel-related provisions from the upcoming National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA).

Jeffries was asked at a news conference whether he supported a call by Sen. Chris Van Hollen to strip provisions from the annual defence bill that would deepen US defence and intelligence cooperation with Israel.

"Haven't had a conversation with Sen. Van Hollen, but what I have said is that things have to dramatically change over in the Middle East," said Jeffries.

"We need dramatic change in the West Bank, which is why I strongly support the West Bank Violence Protection Act. We need dramatic change in Gaza, and we need dramatic change with respect to the memorandum of understanding as it winds down," he said.

Spain has condemned Israeli bombings of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza as "another serious violation" of international humanitarian law.

"The Spanish government condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli bombings against Nasser Hospital," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, expressing solidarity with the families of victims and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

"This attack constitutes another serious violation of international humanitarian law," it said, adding that the bombings also violated a ceasefire reached in October 2025.

The UN has expressed deep alarm about an Israeli air strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza that killed six people, wounded 27 and caused extensive damage to the medical facility.

"The Special Coordinator ad interim is deeply alarmed by the Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza last night, which killed six people, injured 27 others, and caused extensive damage to the facility," said deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq.

UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process ad interim Ramiz Alakbarov said that the ongoing violence and recent increase in military operations exacerbate the immense human suffering in Gaza and jeopardise the increasingly fragile ceasefire, Haq added.

"The special coordinator reiterates his call for rapid, safe, and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance, including the entry of durable shelter materials and winterisation items to ease the suffering of the population as the coldest months approach," he said.

The Yemeni army has said that its forces carried out 13 air strikes and hundreds of attacks targeting Houthi militia positions, vehicles, weapons and reinforcements across multiple fronts as fighting intensified in several provinces.

Majed Abdullah Al-Nazili, spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, said government forces taking part in the “Dawn of Yemen” operation also carried out 67 drone attacks, 42 strikes using rocket launchers and 581 field-artillery operations in recent hours.

The Palestinian presidency has said that Israeli policies keep the entire region on the “brink of a volcano".

It held Israel responsible for the consequences of escalating tensions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh made the remarks in a statement following the killing of six Palestinians in an Israeli attack on Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza and an assault by hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers on the town of Attara in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

“Continued Israeli escalation in Gaza and the West Bank was pushing the situation toward further tension and instability,” he said, according to the statement that was carried by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Dozens of British lawmakers have backed a parliamentary motion urging the government to impose sanctions on Israeli officials responsible for obstructing humanitarian aid to Gaza, where severe flooding has worsened already dire conditions for displaced Palestinians.

A total of 59 lawmakers had signed the motion on Gaza's flooding response as of Thursday, two days after it was tabled by Labour Party lawmaker Richard Burgon.

The motion expressed deep concern over humanitarian suffering in Gaza following heavy rainfall and flooding, which have compounded the hardships facing displaced Palestinians, many of whom urgently need adequate shelter and protection from deteriorating weather conditions.

Developed countries that have depleted the global carbon budget should assume greater responsibility for emissions reductions and financing," Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.