Analysis: With Saudi-Israel normalisation frozen for now, Riyadh has stepped up its public diplomacy over the Gaza war but is still treading cautiously.

The son of Israeli cabinet minister and former military chief Gadi Eizenkot was killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, Benny Gantz, leader of the National Unity Party, said on Thursday.

Gal Meir Eisenkot, son of Israeli government minister Gadi Eisenkot, has been killed while in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday.

Israel says Yahya Sinwar, a top Hamas leader, is hiding underground after Netanyahu announced forces ‘encircling’ his house.   02:01 It’s currently 4am in Gaza and Tel Aviv. This blog is now closing but first,

Israel said it has killed about half of Hamas’s midlevel commanders in Gaza and is pressing on the suspected hiding place of the group’s leader, deploying a deliberate strategy to disrupt the militants’ ability to fight in the enclave.