Qatar confirms that Hamas has responded positively to a Gaza ceasefire proposal, including a 60-day truce, but no response yet from Israel. At least eight people were killed in Israeli attacks on tents housing displaced people in Khan Younis, and four more in an attack on a tent in Deir el-Balah, according to hospitals.

Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir have demanded the Israeli prime minister continue with plans to seize Gaza City and expel its 740,000 residents

By Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government had neither approved nor rejected the agreement accepted the previous day by Hamas. Put forward by Egypt and Qatar, the proposal called first for a 60-day truce in exchange,