Israel-Gaza updates: Israel strikes 'deep inside' Lebanon after deadly attack

Hezbollah denied involvement in Saturday's strike, which Israel said killed 12.

Last Updated: July 28, 2024, 4:44 PM EDT

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization are ongoing, and Israeli forces have launched an assault in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Jul 22, 2024, 5:28 PM EDT

Netanyahu arrives in DC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington, D.C., according to the Embassy of Israel to the USA.

He is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden and give an address to Congress this week.

Jul 22, 2024, 5:17 PM EDT

Sen. Ben Cardin to preside over Netanyahu address to Congress: Source

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., will preside over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress on Wednesday, a source confirmed to ABC News.

Cardin, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will be behind Netanyahu in the House chamber for the address.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the first in line to preside over the session, will be traveling on Wednesday and therefore not be in attendance.

A separate source confirmed to ABC News that Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. -- who, as the Senate president pro tempore, is second in line for presiding -- declined to preside.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Jul 22, 2024, 3:56 PM EDT

At least 70 killed in Khan Younis area after new evacuation order: Gaza Health Ministry

At least 70 people were killed Monday in areas in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.

It’s not clear how many of those 70 people were in a designated humanitarian safe zone or in areas where people were forced to evacuate.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed its forces hit more than 30 terror infrastructure sites in Khan Younis on Monday.

-ABC News’ Will Gretsky

Jul 22, 2024, 3:01 PM EDT

2 hostages 'no longer alive,' IDF says

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday said two hostages, Alex Dancyg and Yagev Buchshtab, who were taken by Hamas militants, were "no longer alive."

Their bodies "were being held by the Hamas terror organization," IDF said in a statement. They were determined to be dead based on intelligence gathered by Israel's Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Ministry of Religious Services and the Israel Police, the IDF said.

People attend a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and a call for the release of hostages in Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 6, 2024.
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"The circumstances of their death in Hamas captivity are being examined by all the professional authorities," IDF said.

There are 120 abductees still in Gaza. Of those, 46 abductees are no longer alive, according to the prime minister's office.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

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