🟡 Israel’s military says a ground invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah is under way and troops are pushing into the north near the town of Beit Lahiya and central areas.
🟡 At least 200 children have been killed since Israel resumed its war on the besieged Palestinian enclave this week, UNICEF says.
🟡 More than 590 Palestinians have been killed in attacks since Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire on Tuesday, medical authorities say, and the death toll continues to rise as Israeli air attacks and ground assaults intensify.
🟡 Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 49,617 Palestinians have been confirmed dead and 112,950 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 taken captive.

■ Trump Gives Israel “Green Light” to Renew Gaza Bombing (New American)
■ Israeli Attacks Kill 110 More Palestinians in Gaza as IDF Expands Ground Offensive (Antiwar.com)
■ Amnesty International condemns EU’s 'shameful' Gaza response (Al Mayadeen)
■ Israel threatens with annexation after ground invasion in north, south Gaza (Al Jazeera)

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Officials say they are “overwhelmed” by the scale of the task, according to the report | Europe’s NATO members are drawing up a plan to gradually replace the US as their key defense guarantor over the next five to ten years, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing sources. ● The UK, France, Germany, and the Nordic nations are now in talks about a potential proposal that would shift the military and financial burden of the bloc’s defense away from Washington, four unnamed European officials told the Financial Times. The ultimate goal is to present the plan to the US before NATO’s annual summit in The Hague this June, according to the report. ● The effort reflects widespread fears among European NATO members that the US, under President Donald Trump, could renege on its defense commitments or leave the bloc altogether. While the talks are reportedly being framed as offering a managed, long-term transition, European officials have admitted to the FT that the timeline of five to ten years seems extremely ambitious. [...] According to the paper, the plan could include EU commitments to increasing defense spending and ramping up military capabilities, which could potentially convince Trump to agree to a gradual transfer of responsibilities and allow the US to concentrate on Asia. [...] Earlier this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged the EU to create a “defense union.” The EU has also backed a plan known as ReArm Europe to mobilize up to €800 billion ($875 billion) in debt and tax breaks for the bloc’s military industrial complex.

The bloc’s top diplomat has reportedly rejected the idea of a separate Ukraine peace envoy | The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has angrily shot down Spain’s proposal to designate a special representative to negotiate a Ukraine peace deal, multiple news agencies have reported, citing people familiar with the matter. During a summit in Brussels on Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez endorsed the idea of appointing a Ukraine envoy, which was previously backed by Finland and Croatia.

💬 “We need a negotiating team and a representative that speaks for European citizens,” Sanchez told reporters.