The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met earlier today with Jordanian Prime Minister and Defense Minister Jafar Hassan.

The pair “discussed opportunities to expand economic cooperation and increase investments between the United States and Jordan,” a US readout with little substantive information says.

“They also discussed the situation in Gaza and the West Bank,” the State Department adds, noting that Rubio thanked Hassan for “Jordan’s cooperation with the US in advancing regional security.”

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says that it has received a report of an incident 100 nautical miles east of Yemen’s Aden, the first report by the agency in the area in months.

Labor MK Gilad Kariv pens a letter to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to express his solidarity with the fellow Jewish lawmaker after his residence was targeted in an arson attack on the first night of Passover.

“Passover, which commemorates the Jewish people’s liberation and the triumph of spirit over oppression, serves as a powerful reminder of our mutual responsibility to stand firm against any attempt to harm Jewish life — whether on an individual or communal level,” writes Kariv, who serves as chairman of the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee.

“The attack on your home, which could have ended in tragedy, was not only an assault on a public servant — it was an assault on the values of freedom, tolerance, and religious faith,” Kariv adds.

Asked for his message to Israeli and American leaders amid the latest standstill in hostage negotiations, The father of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander tells NewsNation’s Morning in America, “I........

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