Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas

Hamas has told international mediators it is currently unable to identify and track down 40 Israeli hostages needed for the first phase of a ceasefire deal, according to sources.

US President Joe Biden has offered one of his sharpest rebukes of Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza, describing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach as a “mistake” and calling for a halt to the fighting.

Netanyahu said that "no force in the world" would stop Israeli troops from entering Rafah, where about 1.5 million Gazans are sheltering. Netanyahu said a date was set for the offensive — a move the Biden administration dismissed as bluster fueled by Netanyahu’s tenuous political standing at home, senior officials told CNN.