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Israel plans for invasion of Rafah as cease-fire and hostage negotiations continue

By Nick Schifrin, Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn

Jordan's king warned against a proposed Israeli raid of Rafah in Southern Gaza after the IDF sent an operational plan to the War Cabinet outlining its proposed invasion. Rafah is now home to more than 1.3 million Palestinians who have…

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Human Rights Watch says Israel is violating order from top UN court by blocking aid to Gazans

By Wafaa Shurafa, Tia Goldenberg, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Human Rights Watch said Israel was not adhering to the court’s order on aid provision, citing a 30% drop in the daily average number of aid trucks entering Gaza in the weeks following the court’s ruling.

Israeli strikes inside Lebanon kill at least 2 Hezbollah members

By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

The strikes near Baalbek are among the deepest into Lebanon since a January airstrike on Beirut killed top Hamas official Saleh Arouri.

A cease-fire deal would only 'somewhat' delay Israel's assault on Rafah, Netanyahu says

By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

An Israeli military offensive in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal is reached for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, and claimed that total victory in the territory would come…

Israeli officials to consider pause in Gaza while Cabinet is set to approve Rafah action plan

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israeli officials will meet Saturday night on the next steps after the latest talks with the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes in occupied West Bank in response to a fatal shooting

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

The move, announced late Thursday, drew an angry reaction from the U.S. as relations between the allies are already frayed over the course of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilians in Gaza in new postwar plan

By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

Netanyahu presented the two-page document to his security Cabinet late Thursday for approval. Separately, cease-fire efforts appeared to gain traction, with mediators to present a new proposal at an expected high-level meeting this weekend in Paris.

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 as fears mount over humanitarian crisis and West Bank violence

By Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on morning traffic at a highway checkpoint, killing one Israel and wounding five others, police said.

Overnight Israeli strikes kill at least 67 Palestinians, including in civilian refuge areas

By Associated Press

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah says it received 44 bodies after multiple strikes in central Gaza.

Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where UN says 1 in 6 children are malnourished

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel has vowed to expand the offensive to the Gaza Strip's southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of the territory's population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere.