Key points
- IDF launches strikes on southern Lebanon
- Hezbollah fires scores of rockets at Israel amid fears of escalation
- Houthis launch 'drone boat' attack in Red Sea
- Hamas changes to ceasefire plan to include all Israeli troops leaving
- Alistair Bunkall analysis:Without compromise, there might be no deal to be done
- Gaza population facing 'catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions'
- Labour manifesto includes pledge on Palestine
- Live reporting by Mark Wyatt and, earlier, Bhvishya Patel
We're pausing our coverage
That brings our live coverage to an end for this evening.
Scroll back through the blog to catch up on the day's events.
Watch: IDF appears to fire flaming objects into Lebanon
Videos posted online in recent days appear to show Israeli soldiers firing flaming objects into Lebanon using a trebuchet and a bow and arrow.
Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based militia group backed by Iran, have frequently clashed with IDF forces on the Israel-Lebanon border since the most recent conflict broke out between Israel and Hamas on 7 October.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously warned thatBeirut would be turned "into Gaza" if Hezbollah started anall-out war.
Sky News has approached the IDF for comment on the videos.
Biden 'not confident' ceasefire will happen soon - and says 'Hamas has to move'
US President Joe Biden has said he is not confident that a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza will happen soon.
Mr Biden attended today's G7 leaders' summit in Italy, where he confirmed to reporters that a ceasefire plan was discussed.
When asked whether he was confident a ceasefire would happen soon, the president replied "no".
He said that he hadn't lost hope but added that "Hamas has to move."
Mr Biden's three-phase ceasefire plan was accepted by the UN Security Council this week.
The proposal was reported to include the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and would involve Hamas handing over all of its hostages.
However, as we reported this morning, a senior leader of Hamas told Reuters that the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza was a change to the deal that they had requested.
Colombia says it will take in wounded Palestinian children for treatment
The Colombian government has announced it will receive injured Palestinian children and provide them with medical care.
Elizabeth Taylor Jay, Colombia's deputy minister of multilateral affairs, was speaking in Stockholm where she was on a state visit with Colombian president Gustavo Petro.
"We have taken the decision to provide humanitarian support to Palestinian children who will travel with their families to Colombia for rehabilitation," she said.
Ms Taylor Jay does not say how many children will be taken in by Colombia, nor how they would be transported from Gaza.
President Petro has been one of the most vocal critics on the world stage of Israel's conduct in Gaza following the attack by Hamas on 7 October.
Colombia broke diplomatic ties with Israel in May.
Earlier this month, Mr Petro announced via a post on X that his country would suspend coal exports to Israel "until the genocide is stopped."
Colombia is Israel's largest supplier of coal, according to the American Journal for Transportation.
Coal shipments there generate about $165m (£129.4m) a year in taxes, royalties and other contributions.
Chaka Khan releases Gaza statement after 2012 performance resurfaces
Chaka Khan has released a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after it was revealed that she had performed at a fundraiser organised by the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) in 2012.
Khan is due to perform at Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre this weekend.
Collectives due to perform at the festival, including Queer Soundsystem operator Gideon, who is part of Chakha’s programme, threatened to pull out over Khan's performance at the FIDF event.
That appears to have prompted a statement from the singer.
"I understand that a performance I undertook at a fundraiser organised by the FIDF 12 years ago in 2012 may have led some to misinterpret my appearance as an endorsem*nt of the organisation's initiatives," she wrote.
"To clarify, I do not support any actions that perpetuate violence, inequality, or human rights violations anywhere in the world. I am against war in all its forms and stand with all artists calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
"Music has the power to unite us, to heal, and to help us see the love in one another. It is a universal language that speaks directly to our hearts. As a musician and human being, I feel a deep responsibility to use my platform to promote peace, understanding, and unity."
Friends of the Israel Defence Forces is an organisation established in 1981 dedicated to the men and women serving in the Israel Defence Forces, wounded veterans, and the families of fallen soldiers.
Israel stands behind ceasefire proposal, says US national security adviser
Israel still has support for the three-phase ceasefire plan outlined by Joe Biden in May, says US national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
The proposal was reported to include the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and would involve Hamas handing over all of its hostages.
However, as we reported this morning, a senior leader of Hamas told Reuters that the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza was a change to the deal that they had requested.
Israel is yet to publicly back the plan, but the US says it has accepted the terms of the deal.
Speaking at the G7 leaders' summit in Italy, Mr Sullivan said: "Israel has supplied this proposal. It has been sitting on the table for some time. Israel has not contradicted or walked that back.
"To this day, they stand behind the proposal. I don’t think that there is a contradiction in the Israeli position."
Mr Sullivan reiterated that Hamas had responded by offering a new proposal.
"The goal is to try to bring this to a conclusion as rapidly as possible," he added.
IDF launches strikes on southern Lebanon
The Israel Defence Forces says it has struck Hezbollah infrastructure targets in southern Lebanon in retaliation for attacks by the group earlier today.
The IDF shared footage that it says shows Israeli Air Force fighter jets striking targets in the Deir Seryan area. Pillars of smoke can be seen rising from the targets.
It comes after the Iran-backed Hezbollah group claimed responsibility for firing around 40 rockets into northern Israel earlier today.
The IDF said several of those launches were successfully intercepted by Israel's air defence.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take over US university building
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over a building at California State University in Los Angeles yesterday.
University spokesperson Erik Frost Hollins said a group of 50-100 people barricaded exits on the first floor and blocked paths around the building.
The university posted a "protest action alert" on its website announcing that all main campus classes and operations would be remote until further notice and asking people not to go to the main campus.
Images from the scene showed graffiti on the building, furniture blocking doorways and overturned golf carts, picnic tables and umbrellas barricading the plaza out front.
Ship hit in suspected Houthi attack
A ship was hit by a missile in a suspected Houthi attack in the Gulf of Aden today, authorities have said.
The ship was en route from Malaysia to Venice and caught fire, according to the British military's UK Maritime Trade Operations.
The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge the attack, but it typically takes the rebels hours or even days to claim them.
The attack follows the Houthis launching a boat-borne bomb attack against a commercial ship in the Red Sea yesterday.
Who are the Houthis?
The Houthis are part of an Iran-aligned regional alliance, which also includes Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
The group governs swathes of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, more than 1,000 miles from Israel.
It has blamed Israel for instability in the Middle East, saying the "circle of conflict" in the region was driven by its "continued crimes".
The Yemen-based, Iran-backed Houthis say they are targeting any and all ships they believe are linked, operated, owned, flagged or travelling to or from Israel.
US and British destroyers are among an international naval taskforce set up to combat the Houthi attacks in the area.
In pictures: Israel repels Hezbollah rockets as firefighters tackle blazes
Earlier today we brought you news that Hezbollah had launched some 40 rockets into northern Israel.
The IDF says several of these launches were successfully intercepted by Israel's air defence.
State broadcaster Kan aired footage of numerous mid-air interceptions of rockets above Israeli towns, including in Safed, some 12 km (7.5 miles) from the border.
