Any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah will “blow up” the hostage exchange negotiations, said a senior Hamas official. A Palestinian man was shot dead by an Israeli sniper in the courtyard of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Wafa reported. The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said the Israeli military’s continued bombing killed two Israeli captives and wounded eight others. Israel found handwritten letters of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar from a tunnel he had been hiding in, Army Radio reported. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant called on its military to deepen its operations in Gaza. Iran said Tehran and Washington exchanged messages throughout Israel’s four-month-old war on Hamas in Gaza. Watch this video to know what’s latest in the Israel-Hamas war.