Israel said the school was targeted with “precision munitions” because it “served as an active Hamas and Islamic Jihad military facility”

Hamas said in a statement that its “commander” Samer al-Hajj was killed “in a Zionist strike in the city of Sidon”.

Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, has been engaged in months of behind-the-scenes efforts to broker a Gaza truce and a hostage-prisoner swap.

French organisers have stepped up security in Paris where the Israeli delegation will be subject to strict security protocols

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday the Gaza war would not end until the “elimination” of Hamas’s capacity to govern and make war, after US President Joe Biden said Israel had offered a new peace roadmap.

On May 18, Gantz threatened to resign from the war cabinet unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip

Farias “will be summoned to the foreign ministry tomorrow for a meeting on the subject.”

“We hope that the court’s decision will put pressure on Israel to end this war of extermination because there is nothing left here.”

“Although the present application was triggered by the unfolding situation in Rafah, Israel’s genocidal onslaught across Gaza has intensified over the past few days, also warranting the attention of this court.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move amounted to a “reward for terror”.