- Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said it is “important that all forensic evidence be well preserved” from Gaza’s mass graves, but that a mandate from a UN legislative group is required to allow the world body to take legal possession of such material amid calls for an international investigation.
- The Palestinian Civil Defense says it will cooperate with an independent investigation into three separate mass graves found in Gaza containing 392 bodies.
- The US says it has begun construction on a pier on the Gaza Strip’s coast that will facilitate maritime aid delivery, after President Joe Biden announced the plan last month.
- A Hamas official says the group is “serious” about releasing captives, but only with a ceasefire.
- A senior Israeli official says the military is “moving ahead” with its planned ground invasion of Rafah, ignoring a growing chorus of international warnings to call it off.
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