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Zhai Jun, Beijing's special envoy to the Middle East, has embarked on a whirlwind tour of the region aimed at promoting peace talks between Israel and Hamas -- even though Beijing still refuses to condemn or even name the Palestinian militant group in any of its statements.

A second convoy of desperately needed aid entered Gaza on Sunday as Israel widened its offensive against Hamas and its regional enemies, intensifying airstrikes on the besieged enclave, targeting the occupied West Bank and striking Hezbollah cells in Lebanon.

China and the Philippines on Sunday accused each other of causing collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened regional tensions.

Israel's military vowed to increase airstrikes on Gaza and struck Hamas targets in the occupied West Bank as it signaled it was readying for a new phase of war against the Palestinian militant group, including a potential ground incursion.

Lit by the ghostly glow of a rapidly depleting mobile phone light, Mahmoud Shalabi says conditions in northern Gaza have become "really dire" without adequate access to medicine, clean water, electricity or safe passage after nearly two weeks of Israeli bombardment.

Nawaz Sharif, the fugitive former prime minister of Pakistan, has returned to the South Asian nation after nearly four years in self-exile, stirring up the country's already fraught political scene as it awaits what is expected to be a tumultuous national election.

The release of two American hostages from Gaza, the first since Hamas launched its brutal attack on Israel, has deepened questions about the fate of roughly 200 other hostages should Israeli troops go into the enclave where humanitarian conditions are growing ever more dire.

A US navy ship intercepts missiles launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Two American bases in Syria come under fire. In Iraq, drones and rockets fired at US forces.

China has unveiled plans to restrict exports of graphite, a mineral used to make steel and batteries for electric vehicles, on national security grounds, the the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs said on Friday.

China has formally arrested a Japanese man who was detained in March, according to officials from Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing.

Fresh protests against Israel's siege of Gaza are expected across much of the Middle East on Friday as aid agencies warned hospitals in the enclave are running out of fuel amid fears life-saving aid will be still stuck in Egypt for another day.

Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas has sparked a fierce debate on China's tightly controlled social media, driving a wedge between those who support Israel's right to retaliate and a variety of pro-Palestinian voices -- including a surge in antisemitic views.