Israel is meeting its War Cabinet this evening to review the state of negotiations in Cairo and the situation with Iran. The more hours pass, the more concrete an Iranian attack on Israel becomes.
Fears are growing that a large part of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas have died. Lufthansa stops flights to Tehran, Centcom head to Tel Aviv. UN Security Council urged Israel to do more in Gaza, with "the immediate removal of all barriers to the provision of large-scale humanitarian aid to the civilian population", Unicef reported that one of its vehicles waiting to enter the north of the Strip "was hit by live bullets", it was reported on Thursday. The Israeli army announced the launch of "a targeted, intelligence-based operation to eliminate terrorist operatives and infrastructure" in central Gaza. The Wafa agency - which cited medical sources from the Strip - reported that "8 citizens were killed and many others injured" in Israeli raids on Rafah in two different locations in the city.