Middle East crisis live: Rubio says he hopes US can reach Hormuz deal with Iran ‘very shortly’
US secretary of state comments come after treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said Washington could reach a deal ‘by tomorrow’
A mass funeral was held in Gaza City on Tuesday for 112 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered nearly three years after Israeli warplanes flattened a residential block.
Hundreds of people gathered as the bodies wrapped in Palestinian flags were laid in rows near the destroyed buildings before being carried on stretchers through a narrow street for burial in a nearby cemetery.
Source: Theguardian.com
Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/04/middle-east-crisis-qatar-iran-us-israel-war-donald-trump-strait-hormuz-gaza-latest-news-updates