Residents of a number of Gaza City neighborhoods received evacuation orders from the Israeli military, fueling fears that Israel may be extending it’s military operation, ‘The General’s Plan’ from the northern areas of Gaza to Gaza City.
Hamas accepts Egypt’s proposal to form an independent Palestinian committee to run Gaza after the war, while Israel bombs another tent encampment for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis. Amnesty International declares Israel is committing genocide.
Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Cairo as Israel continues to besiege the north of Gaza for the 60th day, and UNRWA announces that it will be halting aid shipments due to dangerous conditions and the continued looting of aid trucks.
On the heels of the ICC issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials, Israel killed at least 87 Palestinians on Thursday in strikes across the Gaza Strip, as well as nine Palestinians in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
The US and Israel say ceasefire negotiations with Lebanon are progressing, but Lebanon says negotiations still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, Israeli strikes intensify in Gaza, killing 111 Palestinians in a single day in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel and the U.S. are reportedly preparing another ceasefire proposal in Lebanon. Human Rights Watch joins the chorus of international rights groups and experts condemning Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Spokesperson Yitzhak Cohen said the Israel army is close to the complete “evacuation” of north Gaza, and Palestinian residents will not be allowed to return. This marks the first official admission of the intent to permanently expel Palestinians.
The Israeli army has admitted for the first time that it intends to prevent Palestinian residents of northern Gaza to return to their homes.
Israel continues to bomb Kamal Adwan Hospital over a week after raiding the compound in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, fabricated documents falsely attributed to Yahya Sinwar repudiate Israeli claims of Hamas rejectionism in ceasefire talks last summer.
There are no more hospitals in northern Gaza as Kamal Adwan Hospital goes out of service. In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s new Secretary General, Naim Qassem, says the movement will not negotiate before a ceasefire.