The Israel-Hamas war

The Israel-Hamas war|The attacks
Testimony from the hospital: Dead bodies on the streets

Dead bodies lie in the streets around the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City and several residential buildings in the surrounding area have been bombed. These are some of the Palestinian testimonies from Israel's storming of the Al-Shifa hospital, TT writes.

The hospital storming is in its third day and Israel says it has killed 90 terrorists and arrested nearly 200.

Saleh Abu Sakran is one of all the refugees who sought shelter at the Al-Shifa hospital. He says the building he was in was shelled on Tuesday.

- [The soldiers] told us to take off our clothes and go down to the hospital's backyard. They moved us to a residential building next to the hospital and interrogated us, he says according to TT.

Israel's military says they avoided harm to civilians and patients.

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Israel: "90 terrorists killed in raid on hospital"

Israel's military IDF says it has killed 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in the raid on the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, multiple media reports.

The storm, which is the second since November last year, began on Monday. The IDF believes that the terrorist group Hamas uses the hospital as a military headquarters.

"In recent days, our troops have eliminated terrorists and located weapons in the hospital area, while avoiding harming civilians, patients, medical personnel and equipment," the military said, according to Reuters.

Israel received a lot of criticism for the hospital storming in November.

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The Israel-Hamas war|The reactions
Sources: US to present alternative plan for Rafah

The US will present an alternative plan for how Israel can continue its war against Hamas, without launching a ground offensive in Rafah. This is stated by two American sources for the Times of Israel.

According to the sources, the alternative plan is to secure Gaza's southern border with Egypt and stop the smuggling of more weapons to Gaza and Hamas.

US President Joe Biden opposes a ground offensive in Rafah, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is the only way to eradicate Hamas.

- We do not want Hamas to have a sanctuary in Rafah, but the current situation is not possible, says one of the sources to the Times of Israel.

The two leaders have agreed to each appoint a delegation to meet in Washington to discuss plans for a ground operation in Rafah. White House spokeswoman Karina Jean-Pierre says that meeting will likely take place next week.

AFP reports that Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will visit Washington next week.

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Netanyahu stands firm: No choice - must enter Rafah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains determined to carry out a ground offensive in Rafah, where a large part of Gaza's population has sought refuge. This despite US President Joe Biden making it clear that it would be crossing a "red line".

On Tuesday, Netanyahu is said to have told parliamentarians that he sees no other option but to enter Rafah with ground troops, writes The Guardian.

The statement was made the day after Netanyahu and Biden's first phone call in a month. According to AFP, the two leaders then agreed to each appoint a delegation to meet in Washington to discuss Israel's planned ground operation.

According to The Guardian, Netanyahu allegedly made it "extremely clear" to Biden that the only way to eradicate Hamas is to enter Rafah.

White House security adviser Jake Sullivan said after the phone call that a ground invasion in Rafah would be a "mistake."

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Canada stops sending weapons to Israel - met with anger

Canada will stop sending weapons to Israel as soon as the details are worked out. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly confirms this to the Toronto Star after a bill was voted through Parliament by a vote of 204-117 yesterday.

The proposal was non-binding, but Mélanie Joly tells the newspaper that "it's a real thing".

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemns the decision. "History will judge Canada's current actions harshly," he writes on X.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes that Canada's change of course points to the changed view of the rest of the world on Israel's actions in Gaza.