Kazakhstan to normalise relations with Israel

The Trump administration plans to announce that Kazakhstan will normalise relations with Israel on Thursday evening, Axios reported. 

US's special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff announced he would be flying from Florida to Washington for the announcement, but did not reveal who would be signing the Abraham Accords.

Axios said that an unnamed US official revealed it would be Kazakhstan. The country's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is meeting President Donald Trump today. 

The UAE and Bahrain were the first countries to sign the Abraham Accords and establish ties with Israel in 2020, followed by Morocco and Sudan.

The Abraham Accords were set up the US to bridge ties between the Arab and Muslim world with Israel. Israel has been bombing Lebanon in recent days and has violated  a ceasefire agreement with the country numerous times.