Hamas official: Netanyahu's post-war Gaza plan "will never succeed" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed that the United States opposes any "reoccupation" of Gaza once the war ends. The objective of the independent group on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is to allow donors to "regain confidence" The Israeli army bombed the south of the Gaza Strip overnight, residents of the small Palestinian territory where the humanitarian situation is desperate reported.

An Israeli delegation led by the head of the Mossad went to Paris for new talks for a truce.