• Israel’s military launched air raids across southern Lebanon and Hezbollah carried out a large drone and rocket attack.
  • The escalation came as the Reuters news agency reported no sign of progress in mediated talks for a ceasefire in Gaza. Citing a Palestinian official, it said a Hamas delegation that was in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, has departed the city.
  • Israel’s military killed at least 71 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, as Israeli tanks and bulldozers advanced on the central city of Deir el-Balah.
  • At least 40,334 people have been killed and 93,356 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7.