Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in a letter dated July 1, 2025. Netanyahu handed the letter to Trump during his White House visit on July 7.

An initial IDF probe found that infantry soldiers on foot were hit by a roadside bomb in Beit Hanoun and came under fire while evacuating the wounded, the report added. The Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed the attack, describing it as a "well-planned ambush," in an Arabic statement.