Sky News report that the IDF has confirmed the deaths of two men who were taken as hostages by Hamas on 7 October. “Today, the IDF informed the families of the two hostages Alex Dancyg and Yagev Buchshtab that they are no longer alive,” the Israeli Defence Forces said in a statement on X. The Times reports on how Netanyahu travelled to Washington with a former hostage of Hamas.

BBC News has released an analysis on the impact of fighting along the northern border over recent months.

BBC News reports that thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters will descend on Washington for a “day of rage” over the war in Gaza as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Congress on Wednesday, organisers have warned. The message comes after Mr Netanyahu said he would “present the truth about our just war”, during his first trip outside Israel since the Israel-Hamas conflict began.

BBC News and The Times further report that Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration agreeing to form an interim “national reconciliation government” for the occupied West Bank and Gaza after the war with Israel, in a meeting brokered by China, China’s foreign minister and Hamas officials have said.

Anshel Pfeffer writes for The Times on Netanyahu’s “balancing act” in the White House as he has “his last meeting with Joe Biden as he tries to shore up flagging domestic support — but he also has an eye on the next occupant”.

The Telegraph reports that the University of Cambridge has told protesters at their long-running encampment that it will “review” its connection to arms sales if they dismantle their tents and leave.

The Telegraph also reports Sir Tony Blair’s government told Israeli ministers that their troops did not act in a manner befitting a “civilised nation”, newly released papers have revealed. Cabinet Office documents from the period of Israel’s 2002 incursion into the West Bank have been made public. The papers reveal heated exchanges between Israel’s defence minister and Britain’s ambassador in Tel Aviv, who accused IDF troops of being “out of control”.

Jake Wallis Simon’s writes for The Telegraph on the left in the Democratic Party, and how they are at risk of becoming “emboldened” by a Kamala Harris-led administration.

The Guardian publishes an opinion by an ex-staffer for Kamala Harris saying she must break from Biden’s Israel policies and be harsher against Netanyahu.

The Guardian also reports that vandals ransacked an Israeli-Palestinian restaurant in Berlin, smashing wine glasses and defiling the space with “disgusting acts” a week after it hosted a queer Jewish-Muslim brunch, its owners have said.

The Guardian reports that Pro-Palestine campaigners have threatened to stage a protest from the stands of the Parc des Princes stadium when the Israel men’s football team play Mali in an opening tie in the Olympic Games in Paris. The Telegraph reports that an elite French anti-terrorist unit will help provide a “ring of steel” around Israel’s events. Sky News and The Times report that a French MP for the hard-left Unbowed party (LFI) has said that Israeli athletes are “not welcome” at the Paris Olympics.

Reuters reports that the Knesset gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organization for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to sever relations with the body.

Haaretz, Israel Hayom, Maariv, and Yediot Ahronot all report on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s trip to Washington DC and upcoming speech in Congress. Writing for Haaretz, Amos Harel brands the trip to what he refers to as “an otherwise occupied America” as “nothing but narcissistic politicking”, noting and criticising how it took place before the Prime Minister could visit Kibbutz Nir Oz where almost a quarter of its residents were killed or kidnapped on 7^th October. Given the absence of American attention, Harel writes that the trip is “intended mainly to fulfill Israeli political interests”. Also in Haaretz, Jonathan Lis reports that the Prime Minister’s speech before Congress will take place at 2100 Israel time and “will touch on October 7, the fate of the hostages, Netanyahu’s total victory narrative and the plan for postwar Gaza. Additionally, Netanyahu is expected to touch on the Iranian threats and ways to deal with them”.

In Israel Hayom, Nitzan David considers how Netanyahu’s speech to Congress can impact US policy, arguing that the prime minister “will likely want to explain to American legislators Israeli policy in Gaza and alert them to the growing threat from Iran”, as well as potentially making an announcement regarding future relations with Saudi Arabia. Concluding, he writes “in any case, the speech will mark another milestone in the special relationship between Israel and Congress”.

In Maariv, Anna Barsky describes the prime minister’s upcoming speech as “a message of peace” which would not contain any attacks on or criticisms of the Biden administration. “According to people in Netanyahu’s inner circle, the speech will address Israel’s aspiration for regional peace, emphasising the desire to reach an historic arrangement with Saudi Arabia, thus expanding the Abraham Accords” while also emphasising “the Iranian threat, noting Iran’s involvement in Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and the belligerent action taken by Iran’s proxies in the region, which pose a threat to the State of Israel”.

In Yediot Ahronot, Itamar Eichner reports on Prime Minister Netanyahu condemning attacks against former hostage, Noa Argamani, accompanying his trip to the US with her father, Yakov. Argamani and her father have been subject to vocal criticism, being branded as “props for Bibi’s display in Washington” by one high-profile media figure (Dan Margalit). The Hostages and Missing Families Forum condemned the attacks against families of the hostages, particularly targeting Argamani and her father saying “the decision to join the prime minister’s delegation to Washington is a personal one for each family. Noa Argamani was brutally abducted and held captive for 246 days by Hamas. We should not judge her decision to fly and advocate for the 120 hostages”.

Channel 12 News has published an interview with a male survivor who was raped by Hamas terrorists attacking the Supernova music festival on 7^th October. While his identity has been protected, he is the first male rape victim to come publicly speak about his ordeal. This interview adds to the body of evidence of mass sexual assault on 7^th October. Channel 12 adds that “he will also testify in court, where other Nova survivors will also be called upon to recount their own harrowing experiences as they demand to receive support from the State of Israel, which already abandoned them once on October 7”.

In Ynet, Lior Ben Ari writes that “Houthi rebels in Yemen are planning to retaliate against Israel for its attack on the port of Hodeidah” and “gearing up to target Israel’s gas rigs and other energy facilities”. The report which was published in a pro-Hezbollah newspaper suggests that these attacks “will involve coordinated efforts with various resistance movements”, likely including Iran-linked Iraqi Shia militias who have already conducted joint operations with the Houthis.

Haaretz reports that an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded by Hezbollah rocket fire at Mount Dov in northern Israel. Also overnight, the IDF said that two drones launched “from the east” (generally a euphemism for Iraq) were intercepted and did not enter Israeli territory.