The Israeli army bombarded Khan Yunis, the new epicentre of the war in Gaza, as the families of hostages held by Hamas urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal to secure their release.
Hamas admits faults in the October 7 attacks in southern Israel, which they claim were a necessary step against Israeli occupation. The attack resulted in over 1,140 deaths, mostly civilians.
Tami Varon needed a night out to laugh. With two of her sons just back from fighting Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, she joined some 400 others at a comedy show of visiting U.S. comics in Israel to try to forget about the war for a while.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said the death toll in the war-torn Palestinian territory breached 25,000 as Israel pushed its southward offensive and renewed bombardment in the north.