Israel-Gaza updates: Israel strikes 'deep inside' Lebanon after deadly attack
Hezbollah denied involvement in Saturday's strike, which Israel said killed 12.
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.
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Harris will separately meet with Netanyahu after Biden's meeting
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he meets with President Joe Biden, according to a White House official, who said that this was the plan prior to Biden announcing he’s exiting the race.
A cease-fire-hostage deal is believed to be close to being secured, with the United States saying to the Israelis, that it's "too good a deal to pass up," the official said.
-ABC News' Selina Wang
Khan Younis bombardment death toll rises to 73
At least 73 people have been killed -- including 24 children and 15 women -- and 270 others were injured amid the Israeli military's raids on eastern Khan Younis, which it had designated as a humanitarian zone, according to Gaza health officials.
The bombardment began early Monday as the Israel Defense Forces ordered people to evacuate.
About 200,000 Palestinians have evacuated the area since then, according to the IDF, and still many remain behind not knowing where to go.
"A number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and ambulances and civil defense crews cannot reach them," the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
-ABC News' Nasser Atta and Jordana Miller
Netanyahu to meet with Biden Thursday, Trump on Friday
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden on Thursday and former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Friday, Israeli officials told ABC News. The White House confirmed the meeting and said Biden and Netanyahu will also be meeting with the families of hostages
On Wednesday, Netanyahu will attend a memorial for Sen. Joe Lieberman at 10 a.m. He will then meet with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other members of Congress before he gives his address to a joint session of Congress at 2 p.m., according to Israeli officials.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller
16 of 36 hospitals in Gaza partially functional as displacement continues
As displacement from the Israeli attack on Khan Younis continues, 16 out of 36 hospitals are partially functional, according to the United Nations Office of Geneva.
Given the strike in Khan Younis yesterday, Nasser Medical Complex faces a new mass casualty influx, amid a dire lack of blood units, medical supplies and hospital beds. On Thursday, the World Health Organization provided medical supplies enough for 10,000 people to the hospital, which are being used to manage this mass casualty incident, according to the U.N.
In Khan Younis, "thousands of people" were seen fleeing westward as part of the exodus from the enclave’s southern city amid ongoing hostilities, leaving children traumatized and crying uncontrollably, according to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Israel's evacuation orders have also impacted about 3.4 square miles of land in the "humanitarian zone" of Al Mawasi, which lies on the coast near Khan Younis, reducing the size of the zone by nearly 15%, according to the U.N. aid coordination office, OCHA.
-ABC News' Guy Davies and Camilla Alcini