Overview

• 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.