The US is moving a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East as tension with Iran simmer, despite plans to continue talks that began last Friday in Oman.
The USS Gerald R Ford, which is currently deployed to the Caribbean and was involved in an operation to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, is set to be deployed to the Gulf alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to US media reports.
US President Donald Trump said after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he was hoping to make a deal within a month, but that "this will be very traumatic for Iran if they don't make a deal."
Meanwhile, in Gaza, Israel continued to blow up houses in the enclave, including four houses in Khan Younis, The New Arab's sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported.
Israel had launched airstrikes on the eastern parts of the city, while drones dropped bombs on the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.