#BREAKING European leaders decided to begin negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on accession to the European Union (EU).

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told Netanyahu and Israeli war cabinet ministers that Israel must end the current phase of fighting "within weeks, not months" and move to low-intensity fighting, Walla News reports.

Hamas official Osama Hamdan:

Israeli soldiers return from Gaza in pieces, disabled or mentally ill. Al-Qassam Brigades fulfills its promise to turn Gaza into a cemetery for the occupation forces.

Netanyahu:

I told the Americans, we are determined to fight until Hamas is eliminated.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán left the room while leaders made the decision to open accession talks with Ukraine, three EU diplomats told the Guardian.

CNN reporter Clarissa Ward enters Gaza, the first Western journalist to do so since October 7.

"Like Grozny and Aleppo, Gaza will go down as one of the great horrors of modern warfare," she says.

IDF releases footage claiming to show several Hamas fighters killed in a Gaza tunnel.

#BREAKING Turkish President Erdogan and US President Biden held a phone call.

They discussed Israel's attacks on Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, Türkiye-US bilateral relations, Sweden's NATO membership process and global and regional issues.

During the call, President Erdogan stated that the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza must be stopped immediately, that the unconditional withdrawal of unconditional support by the United States to Israel can quickly bring about a ceasefire, that both the world and the US public opinion have been voicing this demand more loudly in recent days, and that it is the historical responsibility of the United States to ensure a permanent ceasefire in the region as soon as possible.

President Erdogan stated that the deepening and prolongation of Israel's attacks may have negative regional and global consequences, and that the establishment of the guarantor mechanism proposed by Türkiye, keeping the promises made, and the establishment of an independent, sovereign, territorially integrated Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of 1967 borders is the most reasonable and permanent solution.

The F-16 issue was also discussed during the call between President Erdogan and Biden.

Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Obaida:

During the last 72 hours, the Qassam mujahideen were able to completely or partially destroy 72 Israeli army vehicles.

Our mujahideen confirmed that 36 soldiers were killed, dozens of other Zionist soldiers were killed and wounded, and the equipment and belongings of some of them were seized.

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari:

IDF has "new weapons" to eliminate Hamas operatives in its tunnels.

We will go in, plant explosives in areas where there are terrorists, and wait for the right moment to kill them underground. The terrorists will not be safe underground.

Biden administration has told the Israeli government that it wants Israel to end its large-scale ground campaign in the Gaza Strip "around the end of the year" and transition to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, NYT reports.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan asked/urged/demanded Netanyahu to end the war by the first week of 2024, Israeli journalist Amit Segal says.

Russian Federation plans to capture Kharkiv and Dnipro and continue the war until 2026, BILD, citing sources.

The Russian authorities are counting on a decrease in Western support for Ukraine, as well as on imitation of peace negotiations in order to mislead the international community.

By the end of 2024, it is planned to establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and reach the Oskol River in the Kharkiv region.

By the end of 2026, it is planned to advance further west to the Dnieper, capturing a significant part of the Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, including Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporozhye.

On the Kherson front it is planned to hold the defense along the Dnieper without attacking the right bank of Kherson or Odesa.

All eastern territories to the left of the Dnieper must be conquered within 36 months. The Russian authorities are ready to lose up to 100,000 soldiers in Ukraine every year.

Since the 1990s, the U.S. defense sector has consolidated substantially, transitioning from 51 to 5 aerospace and defense prime contractors.

80% of the projects are in the hands of these 5 companies.

Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet passing at extremely low altitude over the sea.

Biden:

I want Israel to focus on how to protect civilian lives. Not to stop the operation against Hamas, but to be more careful.

IDF soldier falls into a hole in West Bank.