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Blinken's meeting with Netanyahu and the Israeli military cabinet has been ongoing for more than 5 hours after being briefly interrupted by sirens

The targeted residential apartment in the Hamad area belongs to the Abu Shawish family. A young man was recovered, and several injuries have been recovered until this moment

Intense bombardment by Israeli gunboats off the coast of the Gaza Strip

A number of casualties were reported as a result of the bombing of a residential apartment in Hamad Town

Military aircraft attack the west of Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip

A raid on a residential apartment east of Khan Yunis, and there were a number of dead

Josep Borrell:Spoke to @Amirabdolahian on the situation in Gaza. EU position is clear on condemning terrorism. And on the protection of civilians at all times. It is in everyone’s interest to prevent a regional spillover. Urged Iran to use its influence to avoid regional escalation

White House official: President Biden held a call with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany in advance of Chancellor Scholz’s travel to Egypt and Israel. President Biden held a separate call with President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi of Egypt

Renewed Israeli bombing east of Khan Yunis Governorate, south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli army says the family of Mia Shem, 21, who is seen in the Hamas hostage video, was notified last week that she is being held in the Gaza Strip

CNN: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered that roughly 2,000 troops prepare for a potential deployment to Israel to help with tasks like medical and logistical support, according to multiple defense officials

Sisi and Biden agree that the priority is to protect civilians and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister: If we do not defend Gaza today, tomorrow we will have to deal with Israeli phosphorus bombs in our hospitals

Journalist Abdul Hadi Habib was killed after his residential apartment in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood was targeted.

Heavy airstrikes in Gaza

Iran FM: Possibility of any preemptive action by Resistance front could be expected in the coming hours. Leaders of Resistance won't allow the Israeli government to take any action in Gaza and then go to other parts of Resistance in the region. All options are before Hezbollah

Hamas: Israel's threat of a ground attack does not intimidate us, and we are ready to deal with any force thrown into the Gaza Strip

Iran FM: Irish FM had a message from the West for us. I told him if Israeli crimes [in Gaza] do not stop immediately, new fronts will be opened. I told him that we do not give orders to resistance groups and they decide by themselves

After firing flares due to a suspected case of infiltration, the garrison of the Israeli army in the Metulla setlemment carried out a sweeping campaign with heavy machine guns towards the orchards and the Israeli side of the border wall adjacent to the town of Kafr Kila.

Iranian Foreign Minister: Time for political solutions is running out and the possibility of expanding war is approaching inevitability

Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida published a ten minute statement. Notably, he says 22 hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikes. Though he did not provide proof to support his claim. He also says Hamas has hostages of different nationalities and considers them "guests"

Hamas has released a clip showing one of the 200 Israeli hostages being held by the terror group the Gaza Strip. The video shows the young woman being treated after she was wounded in her arm, and later speaking to the camera

Sources for The Jerusalem Post: The delay is due to concern that Hezbollah will open a war front once Gaza will be entered by land

Alerts activated for rocket fire in the Tel Aviv area

Two rockets landed in Sderot after a missile launch from the Gaza Strip

Anti-aircraft missiles confront targets in the sky of the capital, Damascus

The Israeli army calls on residents of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City to leave to the south of the Strip

Warning sirens are sounding in the headquarters of the Ministry of War [Defense] in Tel Aviv, forcing Netanyahu and Blinken and members of the cabinet to stop their meeting and go to the shelters

Bombing on Tel Aviv coinciding with a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet

Israeli army spokesman: "Biden's visit has strategic importance for the entire Middle East"

Reports of strikes in Gaza city

The Iranian President tells Putin that the situation in Gaza threatens to expand the scope of the war to all other fronts

CNN: 6 UN fuel trucks crossed into Gaza through the Rafah crossing

Head of Hamas general intelligence service killed by Israeli strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza - Israeli army

Iranian President: Tehran supports Palestine and the "factions" take their own decisions

Abbas to Putin: Israeli attacks must be stopped and attempts to displace Palestinians must be prevented

Canada: Our citizens in Lebanon should consider leaving the country while flights are still available

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Hamas wants to release the prisoners, but it cannot because of the Israeli bombing

A number of militants fired at surveillance cameras near the town of Mashgav on the Lebanese border. The IDF fired at them and the squad fled

A new missile salvo is launched from inside the Gaza Strip towards Israel, and sirens are sounding in the enclave

The Israeli army says that it fired artillery at the source of the fire inside Lebanon, and there were no casualties among its ranks

Erdogan: I discussed with the Iranian president ways to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Hezbollah says it achieved confirmed casualties by targeting five Israeli sites

ABC, quoting an American official: Egypt informed us of the existence of security threats that prevent assistance to our citizens in Gaza

@DubaiPoliceHQ denied reports about stabbing 4 Israelis in Dubai. Safety and security are of paramount importance in the UAE. Dubai Police encourages all to refer to official channels for accurate information

MDA says one person moderately hurt by rocket shrapnel in Holon

Interceptions over Tel Aviv. Also interceptions reported over Jerusalem. No reports of injuries or damage in the coordinated attack from Gaza on Israel's two largest cities.

Tel Aviv, Jerusalem under rocket attack

The President of the Emirates, @MohamedBinZayed, spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the war in Gaza

Hezbollah: We destroyed Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border

Iran FM had separate phone calls with Tunisia, Malaysia & Pakistan FMs, stressing the need to immediately stop Israeli attacks on Gaza. He said the time for political solutions is running out & the possible expansion of the war in other fronts has neared an “inevitable stage”.

.@UNRWA received reports that yesterday a group of people with trucks purporting to be from the Ministry of Health of the de facto authorities in Gaza, removed fuel and medical equipment from the Agency’s compound in Gaza City

One killed after being shot by Security forces near the city of Hebron

The White House: The Egyptian side wants to ensure the entry of aid through the Rafah crossing

Lebanese Army: 20 missile launchers were found, 4 of which carried missiles prepared for launch

Assad and Putin in a phone call discussed "ways to stop Israeli attacks at Gaza", and "a need to deliver humanitarian aid immediately"

Bombing on west Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip

Israeli government: Water supplies have been restored to Bani Suhaila near Khan Yunis in southern Gaza

Hamas: Israel has not resumed water supplies to Gaza and residents are drinking unsafe water

The arrival of the US aircraft carrier "Gerald Ford" off the coast of Israel

Interceptions over Beersheba, no impacts in the city reported.

Warning of possible infiltration by armed elements in the town of Metulla, near the border with Lebanon

Ashdod under rocket attack

New Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip

Airstrikes in Northern Gaza

Secretary Blinken will meet with Israeli Defense Minister Gallant and opposition leader Lapid in Israel today, in addition to his meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog, according to a US official

European Union Foreign Policy Commissioner: Human suffering cannot be a bargaining chip

Airstrike in An Nafaq, Gaza city

Hamas says it launched rockets at Tel Aviv. No sirens sounded, but a large blast was heard, as a rocket possibly landed in the sea

Israeli military spokesman: We have strengthened our forces on our northern borders, and we will respond firmly and forcefully to every operation against us

Egyptian Foreign Minister: The Israeli government has not even taken a position that allows the opening of the Rafah crossing from the Gaza side

Large barrage of rockets launched from Gaza into Israel towards Ashdod and surrounding areas

Al-Qassam Brigades launched a missile barrage towards Ben Gurion Airport

Israeli army spokesperson; "If Hezbollah tries to test us, the reaction will be deadly"

Iran's National Security Committee Deputy Chairman: "Israel entering Gaza is our red line"

Sirens sound in the Modiin town

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman: No new development has occurred regarding the unfrozen Iranian funds [in Qatar]. These assets belong to Iranian nation and are available to Iran within the defined and guaranteed framework. Iran will use them according to its needs

Blinken has landed back in Israel & will meet with Netanyahu & other senior officials ahead of expected Israeli military incursion. Humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire & 2600 people have died in Israeli strikes, per Palestinian health ministry

Israeli army spokesperson: There is no ceasefire, crossings are closed, we continue attacking Hamas terror organization

Israeli military says 199 people confirmed being held hostage in Gaza

Airplanes launch raids on the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza

Netanyahu's office: There is no agreement currently on a truce or the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza in exchange for the evacuation of foreigners

Netanyahu's office: There is no ceasefire currently

Renewed Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

Prisoner Club: The army arrested 70 Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem, last night and today at dawn

Joint Ministry of Defense and IDF announcement: The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) of the Ministry of Defense and the IDF are announcing the implementation of a plan to evacuate residents of northern Israel who live in the area up to 2 kilometers from the Lebanese border to state-funded guesthouses. The 28 communities included in the plan are: Ghajar, Dishon, Kfar Yuval, Margaliot, Metula, Avivim, Dovev, Ma’ayan Baruch, Bara’m, Manara, Yiftach, Malkia, Misgav Am, Yir’on, Dafna, Arab al-Aramshe, Shlomi, Netu’a, Ya’ara, Shtula, Matat, Zari’t, Shomera, Betzet, Adamit, Rosh HaNikram, Hanita and Kfar Giladi

For the first time since the beginning of the war: the Rafah crossing will be opened at 9:00

More than a hundred trucks waiting to move from Al-Arish to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing

Egypt will open the Rafah crossing today for several hours and then close it again

Israeli army releases for publication that an officer was killed in one of the anti-tank guided missile attacks from Lebanon yesterday, against the Nurit post. A civilian was killed in a separate missile attack against the town of Shtula

Military aircraft raids north of Gaza City

Number of Americans killed in Hamas massacre in Israel rises to 30: State Dept. 13 other Americans remain missing

Intense smoke shells on the northern border of the Strip

Israeli planes have continued to bomb the Tal al-Hawa area for an hour.

Hezbollah: An Israeli drone bombed sites on the outskirts of the border town of Al-Adissa with Israel

Foreign national Palestinians can cross from Gaza into Egypt on Monday, officials say, when the border opens to also allow in humanitarian aid

UN Secretary-General: Hamas must release the hostages immediately and unconditionally

Lebanese Foreign Minister: The caretaker government has no ability to control Hezbollah, despite the positive dialogue with the government

Heavy bombardment on the Tal Al-Hawa area

Iran's mission to the United Nations: Iranian armed forces will not clash with Israel provided that they do not "risk attacking Iran, its interests and its citizens"