The Israeli military says about 215 rockets were fired from Lebanon toward northern Israel, hours after Israeli airstrikes killed a senior Hezbollah militant commander. In the Gaza cease-fire and hostage release talks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says mediators will keep working to close the deal. Hamas wants changes to a U.S.-backed proposal. Blinken said Wednesday that some were “workable” and some not. The Palestinian militant group says the “amendments” aim to guarantee a permanent cease-fire and complete Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza. The cease-fire proposal announced by U.S. President Joe Biden includes those provisions, but Hamas questions whether Israel will implement the terms.
