Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 338?

Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, 1,664 Israelis have been killed, of which 706 were soldiers, 17,809 were wounded, some 143,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, and some 20,000 projectiles have been fired at Israeli territory, according to a recent INSS report. 

Three people were killed in a terror attack at the Allenby Crossing in the Jordan Valley on Sunday, Magen David Adom said. 

Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel, one of which hit a building during the early hours of Sunday morning.

A rocket collided with a building in Kiryat Shmona, and another crashed into a sidewalk, while others were either intercepted or fell in open areas, Israeli media reported. 

The United States plans to give Hamas and Israel a new proposal to close the gaps in the last remaining 10% of Phase 1 of the May 31 deal, as Jerusalem remains pessimistic that progress is possible.

“We are not optimistic at all,” a source told The Jerusalem Post.

In a rare public appearance in London, CIA Director William Burns underscored on Saturday that 90% of the text needed for Phase 1 of the three-phase first introduced by President Joe Biden has been completed but that the last 10% has been very difficult to finalize.

The US, he said, plans to put forward new language this week in an attempt to close those gaps.

The military reported that it had succeeded in killing dozens of terrorists and raiding terrorist infrastructure in the area in a Saturday evening operational update on IDF activities in Tel Al-Sultan, a city in Gaza’s Rafah Governate.

The IDF’s activities come as part of ongoing “precise, intelligence-based targeted operations” in southern Gaza, the military added.

IDF fighter jets destroyed launchers by the Hezbollah terrorist organization from where rockets were detected towards the area of Safed, the IDF stated on Saturday.

The rockets were launched from the Einta area in southern Lebanon, according to the IDF. In response, the military targeted Hezbollah positions in Odaisseh, Naqoura, and Tayr Harfa, all located in southern Lebanon.

This report came after two Hezbollah attack drones, which were intended to be launched toward Israel, fell in the village of Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Ynet reported, citing Lebanese military sources.

Israelis massed at protests around the country on Saturday night, demanding that the government conclude a hostage deal for the return of the 101 remaining captives held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Thousands filled the road outside the IDF military headquarters as protesters marched and blocked highways in multiple additional locations, including Beersheba, Haifa, and Jerusalem.

Israeli forces have paved a road along the Philadelphi Corridor, according to a Saturday report by the BBC.

This move is seen as a show of determination regarding Israel's stance on not leaving the corridor, which has become a central point of contention in negotiations over a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza.

Videos shared on social media show that the infrastructure was laid on Wednesday, September 4 — the same day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his "Philadelphi Corridor speech" in English at a press conference for foreign media, according to the report. In the accompanying video, heavy machinery can be seen laying asphalt on the ground.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Deir al-Balah Battalion commanders Abdallah Khatib and Hatem Abu Aljidian were killed on Saturday during a day of Israel Air Force (IAF) strikes on PIJ and Hamas terrorists embedded in a humanitarian area and schools in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced.

The statement noted that the Israel Air Force strike was precise, targeted an immediate threat in the area, and was conducted to neutralize the danger posed by the terrorists.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called "the growing threat of expansionism" from Israel.

He made the comment after describing what Palestinian and Turkish officials said was the killing by Israeli troops of a Turkish-American woman taking part in a protest on Friday against settlement expansion in the West Bank.