An initial IDF probe found that infantry soldiers on foot were hit by a roadside bomb in Beit Hanoun and came under fire while evacuating the wounded, the report added. The Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed the attack, describing it as a "well-planned ambush," in an Arabic statement.

During their meeting, Netanyahu gave Trump a letter that the Israeli prime minister said he had used to nominate the U.S. president for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump, appearing pleased by the gesture,

Hamas ceasefire effort to hammering out a "day-after" plan for Gaza, to what's next onIran, and finally normalizing relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours, the two leaders sought to project alignment and mutual admiration—with Netanyahu even announcing that he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.