Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 167?
PM tells Blinken Rafah op will happen • Former hostage describes Hamas psychological torture • Police engage in hours-long aerial manhunt • US to propose ceasefire-for-hostage resolution at UN
Lebanon to complain to UN, saying Israel disrupts navigation systems
White House says there's still time to convince Israel against major ground operation in Rafah
The White House has not yet previewed what the administration plans to do should Israel continue with its ground invasion as planned, though it warned that it has "tools" to leverage against Israel.
UN aid chief says need Israel to lift all impediments to Gaza aid
Hostile aircraft intrusion sirens sound in northern Israel, false alarm
Guterres to visit Egyptian border as Israel says Rafah invasion is imminent
Guterres will later travel to Jordan where he will visit UNRWA facilities and have a Ramadan Iftar with Palestinian refugees and UN staff in Amman.
IDF investigating incident shown in viral leaked footage of drones targeting Gazans in Khan Yunis
The incident depicted in the video has been transferred for investigation to the General Staff’s Fact Finding and Mechanism.
'Anything short of total release is not enough,' American hostage families tell Blinken
The families reiterated that anything short of a total release of all hostages – both the living and deceased – is not enough, according to a statement from the group representing the families.
WATCH: COGAT facilitates entrance of another seven Gaza humanitarian aid trucks
Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said that the IDF would continue to facilitate humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians, who he said were taken captive by Hamas.
US: Russia, China 'refuse to condemn Hamas for burning people'
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield claimed that Russia and China vetoed the UNSC condemnation of Hamas for Oct. 7 because it was authored by the US
VP Harris says there is no safe exit for civilians from Rafah
- Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
- Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
- 134 hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of which killed in captivity, IDF says
