Netanyahu criticizes the U.S. for holding up some weapons deliveries, and other news.

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the Biden administration on Tuesday for withholding some weapons from Israel. He said he had told the American secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, last week that it was “inconceivable” that the Biden administration was holding up delivery of some heavy bombs and artillery shells to Israel, which he called “America’s closest ally, fighting for its life.” He said Mr. Blinken in turn had assured him the White House “is working day and night to remove these bottlenecks.” In Washington, Mr. Blinken declined to say at a news conference whether he had given that assurance. He said only “one shipment” of 2,000-pound bombs was still under review over concerns about their use in densely populated parts of Gaza, but other weapons shipments were still flowing.

• Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to President Biden

• met on Tuesday with senior Lebanese officials in Beirut, as he pressed for a diplomatic solution to the increasingly deadly aerial attacks between Israel and Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon, which have stoked fears of another full-blown war. Mr. Hochstein said the success of peace talks to end Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza held the key to defusing the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as well. “It will take everyone’s interest in ending this conflict now, and we believe there is a pathway, diplomatically, to do it,” Mr. Hochstein said at a news conference.

• With aerial attacks between Israel and Hezbollah escalating

• over the last week, the two sides traded threats on Tuesday. Hezbollah posted a video on social media purporting to show its drones flying over the Haifa port and sensitive Israeli military locations. Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, responded to the video in a post noting that the port is operated by international corporations. “We are getting very close to the moment of deciding on changing the rules of the game against Hezbollah and Lebanon,” he said. “Hezbollah will be destroyed and Lebanon will be hit hard.”

• The United States imposed new sanctions 

• on Monday aimed at cutting off weapons, supplies and funding to the Iranian-backed Houthis, who control much of Yemen and have been striking commercial ships in the Red Sea to show support for Palestinians in Gaza.

• The $230 million temporary pier that the U.S. military built

• on short notice to rush humanitarian aid to Gaza has largely failed in its mission, aid organizations say, and will probably end operations weeks earlier than originally expected. In the month since it was attached to the shoreline, the pier has been in service only about 10 days. The rest of the time, it was being repaired after rough seas broke it apart, detached to avoid further damage or paused because of security concerns.