International newspapers: The world is in confrontation with Israel. The Guardian newspaper called for an end to the fighting, whatever the circumstances.
The Times newspaper indicated that the United States, along with other allies of Israel, expressed its opposition to the plan to invade Rafah. The head of the Israeli General Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) warned the Israeli government that the war on the Hamas movement could expand and take on the character of a religious conflict if restrictions were imposed on the entry of Palestinians from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.