Israeli forces have surrounded and opened fire at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, according to media reports, with a military spokesman claiming Hamas fighters have regrouped inside the medical facility.

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to go ahead with a ground assault on Rafah in Gaza, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warns against an attack on the southern city, where more than a million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.

      An Israeli delegation led by Mossad’s spy chief is expected in Doha, Qatar to discuss Hamas’s proposal for a three-stage plan to end the war.

      Nineteen aid trucks arrived safely in Jabalia as the first convoys to travel from the south to the north of the Gaza Strip without incident in four months bring desperately needed aid.

      At least 31,645 Palestinians have been killed and 73,676 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139 with dozens taken captive.

   Israeli forces carry out fresh arrests across the occupied West Bank

    Israeli forces have carried out a series of arrests across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.

    They include:

      Two men arrested in the village of Tal, south of Nablus

      Two men arrested in the town of Arora, northwest of Ramallah

      Two men arrested in the town of Al-Samou, south of Hebron

      A man arrested in the suburb of Dhanaba, east of Tulkarem

      A man arrested in the town of Atil, northeast of Tulkarem

    Earlier, Wafa reported that 20 Palestinians were arrested near the town of Al-Issawiya, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem.

   ‘This might be my last video’: Palestinian journalist describes ‘catastrophic’ situation at al-Shifa

    A Palestinian journalist trapped inside al-Shifa Hospital has described the situation in the facility as “catastrophic” amid “intense clashes” and gunfire.

    Wadea Abu Alsoud made the comments in a video posted to Instagram.

    “This might be my last video,” he said. “We’re now besieged inside al-Shifa Hospital. We’re being heavily shot at. The occupation suddenly raided the hospital and its vicinity. As you can hear now, there are intense clashes in the vicinity of al-Shifa Hospital. We’re hearing sounds coming from the gate. There are shrapnels falling over the hospital’s yard.”

    He added: “We’re currently besieged. Pray for us to get out safely. These are clashes as you can hear… we don’t know what’s going on outside al-Shifa hospital, but the situation here is catastrophic.”

   Gaza media office says Israeli troops, tanks, drones active at al-Shifa

    Gaza’s media office has denounced the ongoing Israeli military operation at al-Shifa, the besieged enclave’s largest hospital, saying the attack amounts to a “war crime”.

    The office said in a statement that heavily armed Israeli troops, accompanied by drones and tanks, launched the offensive in the early hours of dawn on Monday and began shooting inside the complex, threatening the lives of thousands of people there.

    The attack demonstrates Israel’s intent to destroy Gaza’s hospitals, it said, calling on the international community “to intervene immediately and urgently in order to curb the occupation and stop the war of extermination”.