Chinese leader Xi Jinping adopted a more conciliatory tone this past week during his visit to San Francisco, the culmination of a year-long trend away from harsh rhetoric from top Chinese officials.
Why it matters: The meeting this week between President Biden and Xi may mark the beginning of a period of relative calm in the U.S.-China relationship, but fundamental divisions between the two countries means the detente may not last, analysts tell Axios.
The Israeli military on Friday said it found the body of a second woman who was abducted by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.
The big picture: The Israeli Defense Forces said the body of 19-year-old Noa Marciano, an Israeli soldier, was found in an area "adjacent to the Shifa Hospital in Gaza." A day earlier, the IDF said it had found the body of 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss in a "structure adjacent to the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and was transferred to Israeli territory."
The Israeli war cabinet late Thursday approved a plan to allow the entry of fuel into the southern Gaza Strip from Egypt following strong pressure from the Biden administration, two Israeli and U.S. officials said.
Why it matters: It is the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that Israel will allow a significant amount of fuel into Gaza on a regular basis.
