On Monday, the Israeli army expanded its military operations and ground incursion into the Gaza Strip, continuing its war of extermination against Palestinians. It launched intensive airstrikes on various areas across the enclave, killing and wounding dozens of people over the past 24 hours, most of them women, children, and the elderly.

On the seventh day of the resumption of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army assassinated Ismail Barhoum, a Hamas leader, in an airstrike targeting the operations room at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli Air Force launched intensive airstrikes on various areas across the Gaza Strip, while heavy artillery shelling targeted several areas. The ground incursion continued from the north and south, while the siege continued, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid and starving and depriving Palestinians of their homes with the aim of rendering the Gaza Strip uninhabitable and implementing displacement plans.

In addition, informed sources reported that Egyptian officials have been conducting intensive contacts over the past few hours with their counterparts in Israel, the US administration, and the Hamas leadership. An Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza was put forward as part of ongoing calming efforts.

In this context, sources reported that high-level Egyptian-American contacts recently took place, during which the Egyptian side expressed its willingness to reach an understanding with Hamas regarding the continued release of the hostages, provided there are clear American guarantees for any potential agreement.