Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered immediate, powerful raids, and Israeli strikes hit Rafah and Gaza City as Palestinian emergency services and media reported multiple casualties.
- Hamas denied violating the truce and postponed a planned handover, while the Israel Defense Forces reported an attack on troops near Rafah, with one reservist later declared killed according to Israeli media citing the military.
- Forensic authorities at Abu Kabir identified the latest remains delivered by Hamas as those of Ofir Tzarfati, whose body had previously been recovered, and the IDF circulated drone footage alleging a staged recovery that Hamas disputes.
- Hamas says locating bodies under rubble is hampered by access limits and equipment, requests expanded search permissions, and asserts commitment to the agreement as mediators press for compliance.
- Israel formally revoked the southern emergency 'special situation,' families of hostages and hard‑line ministers oppose moving to reconstruction before all returns, Hezbollah rejects disarmament, Israel rules out Turkish forces in Gaza, and a disputed UNIFIL drone incident heightens northern friction.