Middle East conflict live updates: U.S. rebukes Israel; U.N. halts Gaza night operations after WCK strike

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “expressed his outrage” in a call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over an Israeli strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, including an American, according to the Department of Defense. U. N. agencies have suspended nighttime operations in Gaza for at least 48 hours after the attack, which halted WCK food deliveries and other relief operations as aid groups warn of famine in the besieged enclave.