Netanyahu announces setting the date for the invasion of Rafah. For its part, the US State Department said that Washington had not seen a date for an Israeli invasion.
Sources revealed to Al Jazeera on Monday that the mediators presented a new proposal in the last round of negotiations in Cairo for a three-stage ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. A leading source in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) told Al Jazeera that the Israeli position in the swap deal negotiations still creates obstacles to reaching an agreement.