- + Hamas says it has lost contact with US-Israeli hostage—The group says it lost communication after an Israeli strike on where Edan Alexander was being held.
- + Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says—The plan also gives no commitment to end the war in return for hostages, a Palestinian official says.
- + Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems—The sandstorm blanketed southern regions in an eerie, orange haze and shut down airports.
- + Palestinian student activist arrested at US citizenship interview—The green card holder was held "in direct retaliation" for his role in campus protests, says his lawyer.
- + Conditions at Gaza hospitals 'beyond description' after Israeli attacks, WHO says—The agency says it is seeing "attack after attack" and supply shortages following an Israeli strike on al-Ahli hospital.
- + Gaza medic missing since deadly attack being detained by Israel, Red Cross says—Asaad al-Nassasra has been missing since Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in south Gaza three weeks ago.
- + Israeli air strike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City—The Israel Defense Forces said the hospital contained a "command and control center used by Hamas".
- + Israeli air strike destroys part of last functioning hospital in Gaza City—The Israel Defense Forces said the hospital contained a "command and control center used by Hamas".
- + US and Iran hold 'constructive' first round of nuclear talks—The highest-level talks between the two nations since Trump's first term in office will resume next week.
- + What is Iran's nuclear programme and what does the US want?—Donald Trump has suggested Iran could face military action if it does not agree to a new nuclear deal.
- + Israel says it will expand its offensive across most of Gaza—Israel's defence minister also said it had taken over a "security zone", which separates the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis.
- + As an Israeli hostage turns 48, his wife waits for blue ticks on her messages—Eighteen months since Omri Miran was taken hostage by Hamas, his wife Lishay still sends family updates, which she hopes he will read one day.
- + Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues—"No state... can be exempt from the obligation not to commit war crimes, not to commit genocide, not to commit ethnic cleansing," Mirjana Spoljaric te...
- + 'We collected his body instead of celebrating Eid,' says mother of Gaza medic killed by Israel—The mother of a Palestinian killed in an IDF attack on emergency vehicles tells the BBC of her loss.
- + Schools in Beirut suburb fear return to war after new Israeli strikes—Students, staff, and parents alike are traumatised by what has happened and the destruction that surrounds them.