Benny Gantz warns that Israel will launch an offensive against the city of Rafah if the Israeli hostages are not freed by Ramadan. The Nasser hospital in Khan Younes, stormed by the Israeli army since Thursday, is "completely out of service", a spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health declared.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared that "what is happening in Gaza is not a war, it is a genocide" The Israeli offensive in Gaza has left at least 28,985 dead in the Palestinian enclave since October 7, the vast majority of them civilians.