Fresh Israeli attack on Gaza’s Rafah kills at least seven Palestinians, taking the death toll from another day of relentless bombings to 27. At least 10 of the victims are children.
Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya says the Palestinian group is reviewing a new Israeli truce proposal, as Israel’s foreign minister says a planned invasion of Rafah would be “suspended” if a prisoner swap deal is reached.
More than a 100 students were detained in the United States in a fresh wave of arrests as pro-Palestine protests sweep university campuses there.
At least 34,388 Palestinians have been killed and 77,437 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.