Five Major Developments You Missed: Gaza Plan, Iran Security Shift, Crime Boss Arrest, Ukraine Frontline Update, Messi's Father’s Farewell

The United States-backed proposal for Gaza, which would see Hamas disarm and a gradual Israeli withdrawal, was turned down by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told his cabinet the plan was unacceptable. Nickolay Mladenov, serving as the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, maintained that the offer remained the sole path to avoid another Oct. 7-style tragedy and said further talks were ongoing. In Iran, President Masoud Pezeshkian appointed former Revolutionary Guard leader Mohsen Rezaei as head of the Supreme National Security Council after the previous secretary stepped down.

On the criminal front, an Irish court indicted Daniel Kinahan, alleged leader of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, following his extradition from Dubai on an arrest warrant. Russian defence officials announced the capture of the villages Vasyutinske and Toretsk in Donetsk province, though Ukrainian forces have not acknowledged the change. Finally, Lionel Messi returned to Argentina, arriving from Miami with his family, to mourn his father, who succumbed to cancer, with a modest ceremony planned in the town of Perez near Rosario.