Overview
- Israeli warplanes struck targets across Gaza after Netanyahu’s directive, with Gaza health and civil defense authorities reporting at least 81 to around 100 fatalities.
- Hamas postponed a planned handover of a newly recovered hostage body, citing Israeli violations of the truce announced earlier this month.
- Israel accused Hamas of staging a recovery and handing over partial remains identified as Ofir Tzarfati, whose body had already been retrieved in 2023.
- An Israeli official said troops came under fire in Rafah and returned shots, a claim Hamas disputed as mediators worked to prevent escalation.
- Egyptian forensic teams and the ICRC continued search and transfer efforts, and the IDF later said it was returning to the ceasefire even as tensions persisted.