Israel sends tanks into West Bank as Hamas says Gaza talks on hold

By Reuters
Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi has said the Palestinian group will not engage in further ceasefire discussions until Israel releases 620 Palestinians who were supposed to be freed on Saturday.
Israeli tanks have been deployed to the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years, as 40,000 Palestinians flee Israel’s assault on refugee camps in the north.
An estimated 450,000 people have attended the Beirut funeral of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed 48,319 Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza, while 111,749 people have been wounded. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to at least 61,709, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 taken captive.