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- Medical sources say at least 40 people were killed since dawn in Gaza as the Israeli military stepped up operations in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza and Khan Younis in the south.
- Israeli negotiators reportedly arrive in Cairo as the next round of ceasefire talks are set to start.
- US envoy to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells the UN Security Council that a Gaza ceasefire and captive release deal is “now in sight”, and urges calm in the Middle East.
- Thousands of Palestinians fled parts of Deir el-Balah as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, and its forces advanced deeper into the overcrowded central city.
- At least 40,265 people have been killed and 93,144 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.