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Israel's defense minister signaled an operation in Rafah will begin soon. The Israeli military says projectiles were fired by Hamas at the area near Rafah where aid was being allowed to enter Gaza.

STORY: Video obtained by Reuters shows the rubble following what Palestinians said was an Israeli airstrike in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. And it comes amid what seem to be dwindling prospects for ceasefire talks in Cairo. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday flat-out rejected what he said were Hamas's demands for a potential truce. Netanyahu said the Palestinian Islamist group wanted the removal of all Israeli forces from Gaza, and a permanent end to the fighting, which would leave Hamas in power. He said, "the State of Israel cannot accept that." Hamas meanwhile, blamed Israel for the impasse. In a statement, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh accused Netanyahu of "sabotaging efforts made through the mediators." A Palestinian official close to the mediation effort told Reuters on Sunday: "If Netanyahu doesn't change his mind, there will be no reason to stay." And the fighting continues: Israel soldiers at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel inspected armored vehicles after Hamas claimed it had attacked the position on Sunday. Earlier in the day trucks carrying desperately-needed humanitarian aid passed through the crossing. But following the attack, Israel said the crossing had been closed. The war began after Hamas stunned Israel with a cross-border raid on Oct. 7 in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed and over 250 hostages taken. More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's subsequent assault, according to Gaza's health ministry. The bombardment has devastated much of the coastal enclave and caused a humanitarian crisis. Israel has been warning for months it plans to send troops into Rafah, the southern city bordering Egypt where more than a million displaced Gaza residents have taken refuge. Israel believes thousands of Hamas fighters are holed up in the city, along with potentially dozens of hostages. The United Nations on Friday warned such an operation would potentially put thousands more lives at risk. The Israeli military on Sunday released video of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meeting commanders in Gaza. Gallant said there were signs Hamas did not intend to reach an agreement. He said, "this means strong military action in Rafah will begin in the very near future, and in the rest of the Strip. But the deadlock in Cairo continues to turn up the heat on Netanyahu. Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday, demanding the prime minister accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the remaining hostages brought home.

STORY: Firefighters were working to put out the fire in several sites in Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town bordering Lebanon that has evacuated most of its residents after October 7th. Hamas attack on southern Israel. In a statement, Hezbollah said it fired "tens" of Katyusha rockets at the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, a northern town close to the Lebanese border, in retaliation. An Israeli airstrike later on Sunday killed four members of a family in a house in a border village in southern Lebanon, civil defense and security sources said. Airstrikes and shelling have taken place sporadically but both sides have pulled back from all-out war.

AP journalist Jon Gambrell explains the situation surrounding Israel's order to bar Al Jazeera from working in the country amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

STORY: Eyewitness videos showed dozens of students wearing the traditional keffiyeh scarves and graduation caps, waving Palestinian flags among cheers and boos from a crowd of thousands at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. The ceremony continued and campus police escorted the protesters toward the back of the stadium, but no arrests were made, according to a university spokesperson. The University of Michigan is one of the many universities that altered their security protocols for graduation ceremonies. The school told Reuters last week that it trained staff volunteers in mitigating disruptions, a change from the usual duties of guiding guests around campus and showing them to their seats. Students across the U.S. have rallied or set up tents at dozens of universities to protest the months-long war in Gaza and call on President Joe Biden, who has supported Israel, to do more to stop the bloodshed in Gaza. They also demand their schools divest from companies that support Israel's government, such as arms suppliers. Police have so far arrested over 2,000 protesters at colleges around the country. The anti-war protests have been staged in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza, which it launched after a Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that Israel says killed 1,200 people. Israel has killed over 34,000 people in retaliation, according to Gaza health authorities, and flattened the Palestinian territory.

The Israeli prime minister said Sunday that the if Israel agrees to Hamas’ “extreme positions”, then the “next 7th of October is only a matter of time.” Netanyahu’s comments came as a Hamas delegation was in Cairo for cease-fire talks. But Israel hasn’t sent a delegation and a senior Israeli official downplayed prospects for a full end to the war.

Negotiation talks in Egypt intensify as Hamas insists that any cease-fire or hostage deal must include a commitment from Israel for a long-term cease-fire and an end to the war.

While CIA Director William Burns and Hamas representatives were in Cairo Saturday for cease-fire talks in the Israel-Hamas war, Israel said it is not sending a delegation until the militant group replies to Israel's latest proposal. Ramy Inocencio has the latest from Tel Aviv.

STORY: Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, including four fighters from the militant group Hamas. That’s according to Israeli and Palestinian officials on Saturday. Hamas confirmed that four of the men killed during the raid near the city of Tulkarm were from its al-Qassam armed wing. The Palestinian health ministry said their bodies had been taken by the Israeli military. There was no information about the fifth man, whose body was too disfigured for immediate identification. During the raid, the Israeli army leveled a two-story house with a bulldozer in an operation that lasted more than 12 hours. According to Palestinian Health Ministry records, nearly 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or Jewish settlers in the West Bank or East Jerusalem since Oct. 7. That’s when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and abducting 252 others, according to Israeli tallies. Health authorities in the Hamas-ruled enclave say more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's seven-month-old assault on the Gaza Strip.  Palestinians want the West Bank and Gaza, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war, as the core of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. U.S.-backed talks to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians have been stalled for the past decade but the Gaza war has raised pressure for a revival of efforts to reach a two-state solution.

Negotiators in Cairo are hoping to push forward a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel to end the monthslong war and hasten the return of Israeli hostages.

In Rafah, Civil Defense members evacuated injured victims from the building hit by the strike, and also carried away the bodies of those killed. Meanwhile, at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, mourners prayed over the bodies of those killed in the strike on Nuseirat camp. The overnight strikes came as a delegation from Hamas was scheduled to visit Egypt Saturday for further talks on a possible cease-fire and an exchange with Israel. (AP video shot by: Ismael Abu Dayyah and Abdal Kareem Hana / Production by: Wafaa Shurafa)

Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia.

CIA Director William Burns is in Cairo as attempts to establish a temporary cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas continue. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv.

Israeli officials said they believe one of the remaining hostages, Dror Or, was killed during the Oct. 7 attack and that his body is being held in Gaza. BBC News correspondent Frank Gardner joined CBS News with more.