Israel launched new airstrikes against Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip overnight from Wednesday to Thursday. The two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "consensus", according to the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.

Catherine Colonna hopes to produce “a rigorous report” on UNRWA. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has reached a "breaking point with Israel's repeated calls for its dismantling and the freezing of donor funding in the face of humanitarian needs," Colonna said.