Earlier Wednesday, an agreement was reached on forming a Palestinian technocratic committee to govern the Gaza Strip under the U.S.-backed plan aimed at ending the war, Egypt's foreign minister said. Envoy Witkoff did not announce the establishment of the Board of Peace, which is slated to oversee the committee's work

Home Front Command sounded sirens after an earthquake shook the area of the Dead Sea and the southern Negev. According to the Geological Survey of Israel, the earthquake which struck at 9 A.M. on Thursday, measured magnitude 4.2

Southern Israeli municipalities said they were opening public bomb shelters, as the Lufthansa Group said it will operate flights to and from Tel Aviv as day flights only, citing the Middle East situation and the need for crews to return to base without overnight stays in Israel