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1. Biden administration thinks Israeli use of U.S. weapons in Gaza likely violated international law

   

   The Biden administration said Friday that Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law, but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.

2. Canada abstains from UN assembly vote backing Palestinian bid for membership

   

   The UN General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to grant new 'rights and privileges' to Palestinian representatives and called on the Security Council to favourably reconsider their request to have a Palestinian state become the 194th member of the United Nations.

3. Ceasefire negotiations back to 'square one,' Hamas says

   

   The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday that efforts to negotiate a ceasefire for the Gaza Strip were back to square one, after Israel effectively rejected a proposal by international mediators.

4. Russia launches new ground assault in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

   

5. Zelenskyy fires head of Ukraine's state guards in wake of foiled assassination plot

   

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the head of the state guards on Thursday, two days after two of its members were accused of plotting to assassinate the president.