Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- Al Jazeera has reported, via its sources, that the "technical talks" on Gaza underway in the coastal town of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt have concluded on a "positive" note with a roadmap for further discussions.

- An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a husband and wife on Monday, including a man who lost his eyesight in Israel's pager attack last year, according to Lebanese state media.

- The White House  appeared not to outright reject recognising a Palestinian state in the future, after being asked about the matter by a reporter in the briefing room.

- The Vatican's top diplomat has criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday.

- New reporting by journalist Matt Kennard, published by Palestine Deep Dive, reveals that US surveillance flights over Gaza have been taking off from an airport in Egypt's Sinai.

- Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, released from Israeli imprisonment on Monday, urged the international community to maintain its focus on Gaza rather than the Israeli "mistreatment" of flotilla participants