The US continues to work on normalization of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and the ongoing war in the region gives a new reason to aspire toward peace, said an adviser to President Joe Biden.

HRW said the United States was at risk of “complicity in war crimes” after it blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution that had near-unanimous support.

More than 17,700 Palestinian people have died in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war, according to the latest figures from the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory. About two-thirds of the dead are women and children.