A Gaza airstrike killed five, including aid workers. IDF launched an investigation. World Central Kitchen condemns, Australia seeks verification.

The IDF believes that despite the terrorists’ return to Shifa after the first IDF takeover in November, that this recent operation was the most single damaging operation to Hamas of the war.

As Israel evaluates its military strategy in Rafah in light of growing international pressure, US officials considers the implications of an arms deal to Israel, yet is likely to approve the sale.

Protests in Tel Aviv turned violent, with clashes, road blockages, and police using sound-wave systems by accident.

"Zahedi was a very senior person who can be said to have given Israel a lot of headaches in the last twenty years for all his exploits in his involvement in terrorism," Hezi Simantov said.

A Turkish diplomat said President Erdogan was attacking Israel due to "political considerations in the local elections in Turkey."

Sullivan and Blinken met Israeli officials virtually on Rafah, with talks of a rescheduled Netanyahu Washington trip due to Gaza humanitarian concerns.

Israel has long targeted Iran's military installations in Syria and those of its proxies, but Monday's attack was the first time it apparently hit the vast embassy compound itself.