International newspapers: Netanyahu’s insistence on defeating Hamas is an illusion and destroying the Gaza tunnels is impossible. The international press highlighted Israel's growing threat of imminent military operation in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
The Wall Street Journal said that the killing of a prominent commander in the Hezbollah Brigades in an American raid in Iraq increases demands for the expulsion of the international coalition forces. Doctors Without Borders said that there is increasing evidence that the Israeli army is deliberately targeting journalists.