Hezbollah says it launched the missiles in response to Israeli assassinations of Hezbollah and Quds Force commanders and after detecting a 'vulnerability' at the Israeli airbase; IDF reports 'slight damage'

Prime minister appears willing to compromise on the number and identity of Palestinian prisoners to be released, say sources - as 300 people demonstrate outside Netanyahu's Jerusalem home

As pressure on the Netanyahu government to secure a hostage deal mounts, the Israeli army embarks on one of its most significant offensives in months in the city of Khan Yunis, where Hamas leaders are suspected to be holed up alongside by Israeli hostages

Troops were placing mines in buildings 600 meters from the border to raze them. Hamas fighters fired RPGs at a tank guarding the soldiers and at the structures, which collapsed on the troops

'Does it not bother the prime minister and the cabinet that they'll return pregnant?' ■ Families of female hostages being held in Gaza plead for their release at Knesset session for victims of sexual and gender violence

Nearly 80,000 people living near the Lebanese border were evacuated or fled during the Gaza war; only 60 percent of them are sure they want to return, according to a survey

The loss of 21 IDF soldiers in a single incident proves the danger of ground operations involving large quantities of explosives. It also calls into question the merit of creating a buffer zone on the border