Fears are growing over the fate of more than a million Palestinians stuck in Rafah. The Israeli Prime Minister on Wednesday ordered the army to "prepare" the offensive.
Hamas offered a hostage exchange for the withdrawal of the Israeli army from Gaza, according to a draft of the document obtained by Reuters. France paid national tribute to the 42 French people killed during the attack carried out by Hamas in Israel on October 7, with French President Emmanuel Macron denouncing "the greatest anti-Semitic massacre of our century"