This U.S. journalist was held in an Israeli torture prison at the same time as some of the Palestinian detainees recently returned to Gaza: “What happened to us in the light does not hold a candle to what happens ... to our Palestinian siblings in the dark.” | AJ

Footage shows heavy equipment from Egypt entering Gaza and digging through rubble. Israeli media reports that PM Netanyahu 'approved' Egyptian engineers and heavy machinery to enter Gaza to recover the bodies of Israeli captives. | Al Jazeera English

Israeli forces have carried out air strikes on the areas of Mahmoudiyeh and Jarmak, in southern Lebanon. The strikes are the latest in near-daily Israeli violations of the US-brokered ceasefire involving Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that began in November. | Al Jazeera English