Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- Hamas announced that it has agreed to release 10 Israeli captives towards reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, even if the talks were "tough" due to Israel's "intransigence". 

- The Israeli army confirmed that one of its soldiers, who was operating an excavator in southern Gaza, was killed by Hamas fighters.

- Responding to a report from Axios on Wednesday that there were "secret talks" between the US, Israel, and Qatar at the White House which may lead to a breakthrough in Gaza ceasefire talks, Trump told reporters that they are "very close" to an agreement. 

- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he is levying sanctions on UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese "for her illegitimate and shameful efforts" in supporting accountability for Israel and the US at the International Criminal Court.

- It has been revealed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in June wrote a confidential internal assessment, criticising a request for funding submitted by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF). The Trump administration later approved $30m in funding for the organisation.

- Fuel shortages in Gaza could cut 44,000 children off from clean water supplies within days, Save the Children has warned.