1️⃣ Israeli officials react with outrage after Spain, Ireland and Norway announce their recognition of the State of Palestine, promising to continue the attack on Gaza and build new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
2️⃣ Intense street battles continue in Gaza’s southern Rafah and northern Jabalia as Israeli troops advance into both areas, packed with terrified civilians.
3️⃣ Israel’s military says its Nahal Brigade joined a division of troops surrounding Rafah as it plans to attack “terror targets” deep in the city, adding that it will prevent “harm to the civilian population as much as possible”.
4️⃣ UN says displaced “families living among the rubble” after more than 800,000 Palestinians flee Rafah as Israeli forces attack.
5️⃣ Washington has warned Israel against withholding Palestinian Authority funds after Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would withhold tax revenue.
6️⃣ Biden administration remains concerned about Israel’s possible use of heavy bombs against civilians in Rafah and is in contact with Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
7️⃣ The Israeli military has bombed a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least eight people, mostly women and children, the Wafa reports.