As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip — a condition that could derail the talks.

Meanwhile, two explosive devices were detonated against Israeli soldiers during an operation in the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza, killing five soldiers and injuring 14 more. The soldiers have been named as Meir Shimon Amar, Moshe Nissim Frech and Noam Aharon Musgadian, all aged 20, Benyamin Asulin, 28, and Moshe Shmuel Noll, 21.

After two high-profile meetings with Donald Trump, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that a temporary truce deal could be on the horizon,

Late in the afternoon of July 15, Mike Waltz, Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations, held a hearing. Waltz pledged to exercise his veto power against UN resolutions against Israel and added that UNRWA should be “dismantled.

Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded in a bombing and gunfire attack by Palestinian fighters in northern Gaza, the military said.

Five IDF soldiers were killed and 12 were wounded in an ambush in Gaza on July 7. The soldiers were part of two units operating in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, attempting to clear this area near the Israeli border.

Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children. Strikes on Friday night targeted areas in central and southern Gaza, leaving dozens dead. Separately,

A majority of Israelis want an end to the fighting in return for the release of hostages, while right-wing members of the government want to keep going, saying Hamas remains undefeated.

Israel’s plan to eventually move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the Strip is being widely denounced as tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said it received the bodies of 11 people who were shot while returning from an aid site associated with the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Fund in southern Gaza, part of a deadly pattern that has killed more than 500 Palestinians in the chaotic and controversial aid distribution programme over the past month.

22 Palestinians Killed ... southern city of Rafah. The Israeli military said it was reviewing information about the attacks. In the past, the military has said it fires warning shots at people who move suspiciously or get too close to troops, including ...