The U.S. announced its first military deaths in the region since the war began and blamed Iran-backed militants for the drone strike in Jordan.

Like so many Jews who moved to Israel after the war, Gad Partok believed Israel would be a place where he would finally be free from persecution.

At least 174 Palestinians were killed over the past day, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. The ministry doesn’t distinguish between combatants and civilians in its tolls, but has said about two-thirds are women and children.

Washington also believes that Hamas receives significant funding from online donation sites and it is determined to help Israel put a stop to that, according to a senior US official.

The attack on the destroyer USS Carney marks a further escalation in the biggest confrontation at sea the U.S. Navy has seen in the Middle East in decades.