Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble. Separate strikes killed two people in Lebanon.

Lebanese Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya announced the death of Hussein Atwi, calling him 'an academic leader' and saying an Israeli drone strike had 'targeted his car as he was travelling to his workplace in Beirut.