Overview

• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a two-day visit, prayed with Benjamin Netanyahu at the Western Wall, and said his priorities are securing hostage returns, ensuring humanitarian access and addressing the threat posed by Hamas.
• Israeli forces stepped up operations in Gaza City, demolishing a high-rise shortly after an online evacuation order and conducting strikes that local hospitals said killed at least a dozen people, with later tallies reporting dozens.
• The Israeli military said more than 250,000 residents have left Gaza City and urged civilians to move along the coastal road toward the Al-Mawasi area.
• An Israeli strike in Doha that killed five Hamas delegates and a Qatari security officer drew widespread condemnation and, according to multiple reports, has derailed ceasefire and hostage-release efforts.
• Regional tensions rose as Israel reported intercepting a missile launched from Yemen claimed by the Houthi movement and said it killed a Hezbollah member in the south Lebanese town of Aitarun.