Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is ​planning to appoint an ​American two-star general to command the International ⁠Stabilization Force in Gaza, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two U.S. officials and two Israeli ​officials.

Reuters could not immediately confirm ‍the report.

A United Nations ​Security Council resolution, adopted on November 17, authorized a Board of Peace and countries working with it to establish ⁠a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza.

By Haseeb Alwazeer

GAZA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - As winter bites in Gaza, displaced Palestinians set out every day to homes destroyed ​by Israel. There they rip out iron rods from the ​walls and use them to prop up their flimsy tents or sell to scratch out a living in an enclave that will ⁠take years to recover from war.

TAIPEI/JERUSALEM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's high-profile Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu made a previously unpublicised visit to Israel recently, three sources ​familiar with the trip told Reuters, at a time when Taiwan ​is looking to the country for defence cooperation.

By Marianna Parraga and Jonathan Saul

HOUSTON/LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face ​punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker ​carrying Venezuelan crude for export, according to shipping data.

Once a picturesque Red Sea port, the city of Aden in government-controlled Yemen has been transformed by the massive influx of people fleeing war: electricity cuts are constant, running water scarce and the meagre public services badly overstretched.

The centuries-old city has become a haven for people seeking safety and work since Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa, forcing out the sitting government.

By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials have held advanced discussions on hitting U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA with terrorism-related sanctions, said two ​sources with direct knowledge of the matter, prompting serious legal and humanitarian concerns inside ​the State Department.

The United Nations agency operates in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, providing aid, schooling, healthcare, social services and shelter to millions of Palestinians.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - ​U.S. President ​Donald Trump ⁠said on Wednesday that an announcement about ​which ‍world leaders will ​serve on the Gaza Board of Peace ⁠should be made early next year.

Trump told reporters during an economic event in ​the ⁠White ⁠House Roosevelt Room that a variety of leaders want ‌to be on ​the board, which was established under a ‍Gaza plan that set up ‌a fragile ‌ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants.

(Reporting By Steve Holland; ⁠Editing by Chris Reese)

COPENHAGEN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Iceland will not take ​part in the 2026 ​Eurovision Song Contest, the country's public ⁠broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union last week cleared Israel's ​participation.

The decision to allow Israel ‍to take part in ​the next Eurovision, which will be held in Vienna in May, earlier prompted Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia ⁠to withdraw in protest, citing Israel's conduct in the Gaza war.

UAE-backed south Yemeni separatists have taken control of vast new areas, rattling the anti-Houthi government and threatening to further divide a country fractured by more than a decade of civil war.

Yemen is already split between the Iran-backed Houthis who control much of the north and a fractious patchwork of anti-rebel groups in the internationally recognised government.

By Ahmed Elimam and Ahmed El Jechtimi

RABAT, Dec 10 (Reuters) - At least 22 people were ​killed and 16 others injured overnight when two ​adjacent buildings collapsed in Fez, one of Morocco's oldest cities, the prosecutor said on Wednesday.One building was ⁠unoccupied, while the second was hosting an Aqiqah, a traditional Muslim celebration marking the birth of a child, the Fez prosecutor said in a statement.

The prosecutor said the death toll ​was preliminary and that an investigation has been opened.