Israel-Gaza war updates: Hamas says Israel refused offer to free 2 hostages

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• Hamas says it informed Qatar the armed group planned to release two Israeli captives for “humanitarian reasons” – but Israeli authorities refused.
• Israel to “deepen” Gaza strikes ahead of its ground invasion as preparation for “the next stage” of its war on Hamas, military official says.
• Red Crescent trucks containing food and medicines but no fuel have begun entering Gaza from Egypt. Aid groups say 20-truck aid delivery nowhere near enough.
• At least 4,385 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attack inside Israel, which killed more than 1,400 people.