China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged all parties to the Middle East conflict to focus on political solutions rather than resorting to arms again, during a meeting with an Iranian national security official in Beijing.

Dialogue and negotiation are the way to resolve Middle East conflicts, Wang told Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

Wang also said China supports Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty and security.

Two people working on Republican Mike Rogers’ US Senate campaign in Michigan are registered foreign agents for Israel, according to a media report.

Campaign spokesperson Abigail Ronson and communications specialist Jesse Stokes have been involved in Israeli government communications work since May 2026 and October 2025, respectively, while also working on Rogers’ campaign through major contractor Convergence Media, Drop Site News reported.

Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters towards a school in the village of Al Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, leaving dozens of students and teachers suffering from suffocation, village council head Amin Abu Alia told Anadolu.

Medical teams treated those affected at the scene, while Palestinian Civil Defence crews worked to clear tear gas from classrooms, he said.

The village has faced repeated attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers in recent weeks, Abu Alia said.

Lebanese media has reported Israeli artillery shelling and gunfire in southern Lebanon, in the latest violation of a US-mediated security agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv.

The state news agency NNA said heavy Israeli artillery fire targeted the area surrounding a spring in the village of Ibl al-Saqi in Marjayoun district early on Monday, with more than 10 shells landing in the area.

Israeli artillery also hit the towns of Mansouri and Majdal Zoun in Tyre, while army forces opened machine-gun fire towards the Hujeir and Saluki valleys, located between the Marjayoun, Bint Jbeil and Nabatieh districts.

Israeli forces also carried out an explosion in the town of Bani Hayyan in Marjayoun, according to the agency.

Four Palestinians were killed and 10 others injured by Israeli army fire in Gaza amid daily violations of last year’s ceasefire agreement, a medical source said.

The source at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza said a man was killed and five others, including a woman and two girls, were wounded in an Israeli strike in al Mawasi, west of Khan Younis.

Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired at least one missile towards a Palestinian in the al Mawasi area.

In another attack, a Palestinian man was killed, and four others were wounded, one critically, in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, according to the same source.

A 40-year-old man was also killed, and another Palestinian was moderately wounded in an Israeli attack east of Deir al Balah in central Gaza.

A Palestinian man died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike on al Mawasi on Sunday afternoon.

Israeli military vehicles also opened heavy fire towards areas east and south of Khan Younis, according to local sources and witnesses.

An Israeli quadcopter dropped a bomb on a gathering of Palestinians east of al Masdar village, east of Deir al Balah, according to witnesses.

Iran has said that it continues exchanging messages with the US through mediators, while stressing that its revised seven-stage diplomatic proposal could be fully implemented within two days.

Speaking at a weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said diplomatic contacts between Tehran and Washington were ongoing, with Iran’s existing proposal remaining the basis for indirect negotiations.

He said the initiative was discussed extensively during an Iranian delegation’s visit to New York, with Tehran subsequently receiving Washington’s views through mediators.

Iran's foreign ministry has said it is considering a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US agrees to its conditions, having previously proposed a one-week timeline.

"The possibility of implementing this plan in two days is another indication of Iran's good-faith approach. We have stated that, if Iran's demands are met, it would be possible to restore security to the Strait of Hormuz and resume the negotiating process within a short period," said foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, adding that the "exchange of messages is still ongoing" via mediators.

The Saudi-led coalition said that its air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia towards Saudi Arabia’s southern region.

Coalition spokesperson Major General Turki al Maliki announced the interception in a statement, without providing further details about the missile’s intended target or possible casualties.

The incident comes amid escalating cross-border attacks by the Houthi militia against Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia briefly activated emergency alerts in the southwestern cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait and Taif in the country’s west before later announcing that the danger had passed in the three areas.

The warnings were issued through the National Early Warning Platform for Emergencies, according to separate statements by the Saudi Civil Defence.

It later announced that the danger had passed in Abha, Khamis Mushait and Taif, and urged residents to continue following Civil Defence instructions and avoid gathering or filming.

The statements did not specify the nature of the threat or report any casualties or damage.