Here are the latest updates on Day 658 of the war:
- One person was killed following an Israeli drone strike in the southern Lebanon village of Baraashit, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.
- An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies by Hamas in Gaza, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation.
- PM Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio led a chorus of swift and harsh criticism of French President Macron's announcement on Thursday that his country plans to recognize the State of Palestine in September.
- The Representative Council of French Jews issued a statement following French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that France would recognize a Palestinian State in September, saying that "the announcement without preconditions is a moral mistake, a diplomatic error and a political danger."
