Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting his cabinet amid hopes that a deal to release some of the nearly 240 people being held hostage in Gaza could be imminent.
Labour is facing a significant rebellion in the Commons tonight. Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Yasmin Qureshi has already stepped down to back the SNP amendment calling for a ceasefire.
Israeli soldiers are continuing to search the al Shifa hospital in Gaza City - where they say Hamas has based its command centre deep underground. Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the UK - has denied the claim.
The Israeli Defence Forces have said this evening that they are continuing their operation in Gaza's biggest hospital, after entering Al Shifa in the early hours this morning.