Forced into a coalition government, the prime minister faces the challenge of governing differently than he has so far in two decades in elected office.
In the town of Nuseirat in central Gaza, where the hostages were rescued, residents reported intense Israeli bombardments and a hospital official and local media reports said dozens of people were killed.
The Israeli military said it killed militants in the central part of the enclave on Friday, a day after a strike on a former school, where Gazan officials say civilians were killed.
The Israeli military said its strike on a U.N. school complex where thousands were sheltering targeted fighters hiding inside. Palestinian officials have said civilians were among the dead.
The C.I.A. director met with the prime minister of Qatar and an Egyptian intelligence chief, as President Biden tries to raise pressure on Israel and Hamas to agree to a deal.
The Israeli military’s operation in Rafah, on the Egyptian border, risks upsetting a delicate peace that has been a pillar of its national security for decades.