Progress in Hostage Release Negotiations Amid Ongoing Israel-Hamas Conflict
As negotiations show promise, Israel continues to assert that Hamas used Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital for combat purposes, while the US investigates strikes on a UN-run school.
- Negotiations for a possible deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are showing progress, with a four- to five-day pause in fighting proposed for the initial release of 50 hostages.
- Israeli military released video footage from inside a newly exposed tunnel shaft at the Al-Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza, asserting that Hamas used the hospital for combat purposes.
- Washington is investigating strikes on a United Nations-run school used as a civilian shelter in Gaza, with an unknown number of casualties.
- The White House has warned Israel against carrying out offensive operations in southern Gaza until it has accounted for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled south.
- Thirty-one neonatal babies have been evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, amid concerns of a broader conflict in the region.














































































































































































