The Israeli military has presented a plan for evacuating civilians from the areas of fighting in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office stated that the IDF presented the war cabinet with an upcoming operational plan, which did not specifically mention the southern city of Rafah, where Israel has been considering a potential ground offensive. More than a million people are believed to be sheltering in Rafah, with most of them displaced from other parts of Gaza.
Concurrently, talks are expected to resume in Qatar to negotiate the release of hostages in exchange for a pause in the fighting. A senior White House official mentioned that negotiators have reached a broad understanding of a potential deal. The parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Egypt, and Qatar as mediators for Hamas, will be focusing on the details during the talks in Doha.
