Israel reduced the initial number of hostages it wants released to 33. If Hamas agrees to attend, negotiations on a cease-fire could resume in Cairo this week.

Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight after saying it would evacuate civilians from the southern Gazan city and launch an all-out assault despite allies' warnings this could cause mass casualties.

An NBC News investigation has documented at least 12 Israeli airstrikes that took place in areas of Gaza the Israeli military had previously designated as safe. NBC News' Hala Gorani reports.

Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, according to Palestinian health officials. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old. The strikes hit three family homes with those killed taken to Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital.

Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 25 Palestinians and wounded many others, medics said on Monday, as leaders of Hamas arrived in Cairo for a new round of talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators.

Western powers launched a renewed diplomatic push for a ceasefire in Gaza amid growing concerns that the Israel Defense Forces will soon invade the crowded Gazan city of Rafah. Top US and British diplomats met Arab officials in Riyadh on Monday while US President Joe Biden reportedly spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening about closing a hostage-release deal with Hamas.

Israeli airstrikes ravaged southern Gaza’s Rafah, claiming 13 lives and injuring numerous individuals, according to medical sources. Hamas media reported a death toll of 15. Gaza City witnessed further casualties as Israeli planes targeted two houses,

The Israeli armed forces attacked the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday night, an area with around 1 million refugees from the north. The attack resulted in 13 fatalities. On the same day,