Truce doable ‘inside 24 to 48 hours’ if Israel accepts calls for – Hamas official
A senior Hamas official advised AFP that if Israel had been to satisfy its calls for – which embrace a army withdrawal from Gaza and stepped-up humanitarian assist – this might “pave the way in which for an settlement throughout the subsequent 24-48 hours”.
Envoys from the US, Qatar and Hamas have reportedly already arrived in Cairo, as all sides have been scrambling to agree a truce earlier than Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month that begins on March 10/11.
Key occasions
Listed here are among the newest pictures to return out of Rafah, the place an estimated 1.5 million individuals are sheltering:
Gaza’s well being ministry says that 15 kids have died from malnutrition and dehydration on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza Metropolis.
On Friday, the hospital director introduced the demise of seven kids, noting that they suffered from extreme dehydration and malnutrition.
The hospital has been out of service for months attributable to Israel’s assaults and lack of gas and medication.
Most Palestinians killed close to assist vehicles died in stampede – IDF
Israel’s army has accomplished a preliminary overview of the killing of over 100 Palestinian folks close to assist vehicles final week, which decided that Israeli forces didn’t strike the convoy and that almost all Palestinians died in a stampede, the army spokesperson has stated.
Palestinian authorities say, nonetheless, that Israeli forces carried out a bloodbath, opening hearth on a crowd of people that had gathered within the hope that meals could be distributed.
“The IDF has concluded an preliminary overview of the unlucky incident the place Gazan civilians had been trampled to demise and injured as they charged to the help convoy,” IDF spokesperson R Adm Daniel Hagari stated on Sunday.
The overview, he stated, which gathered data from commanders and forces within the discipline, decided that no strike was carried out in the direction of the help convoy.
Hagari stated:
The vast majority of Palestinians had been killed or injured on account of the stampede.
Following the warning photographs fired to disperse the stampede and after our forces had began retreating, a number of looters approached our forces and posed a right away risk to them. In response to the preliminary overview, the troopers responded towards a number of people.
This account stands in stark distinction to that of Gaza well being officers, who stated final week that at the very least 112 folks had been killed and 280 injured after Israeli forces opened hearth on the help distribution level.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, stated it was an “ugly bloodbath performed by the Israeli occupation military on individuals who waited for assist vehicles on the Nabulsi roundabout”.
France’s international ministry stated “the hearth by Israeli troopers in opposition to civilians making an attempt to entry meals is unjustifiable”.
Truce doable ‘inside 24 to 48 hours’ if Israel accepts calls for – Hamas official
A senior Hamas official advised AFP that if Israel had been to satisfy its calls for – which embrace a army withdrawal from Gaza and stepped-up humanitarian assist – this might “pave the way in which for an settlement throughout the subsequent 24-48 hours”.
Envoys from the US, Qatar and Hamas have reportedly already arrived in Cairo, as all sides have been scrambling to agree a truce earlier than Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month that begins on March 10/11.
Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks
As we talked about in our opening abstract, Reuters has reported {that a} Hamas delegation has arrived in Cairo to carry delicate ceasefire talks on Gaza.
The delegation is being led by Hamas’ deputy chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior official advised the outlet.
A Palestinian official aware of the truce talks advised Reuters that they weren’t but near finalising a deal, when requested if one was imminent.
An Israeli delegation can also be anticipated to reach in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, to participate within the talks.
US officers have claimed that Israel has provisionally accepted a six-week phased hostage and ceasefire deal which might start with the discharge of wounded, aged and feminine hostages, however it was unclear on Saturday whether or not Hamas would settle for it.
Demise toll in Gaza reaches 30,410, says well being ministry
No less than 30,410 Palestinians have been killed and 71,700 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza well being ministry stated in a press release on Sunday.
A lot of the casualties have been girls and youngsters, the ministry has stated, and 1000’s extra our bodies are prone to stay uncounted beneath rubble throughout Gaza.
The well being ministry within the Gaza strip stated at the very least 90 Palestinians had been killed by Israel previously 24 hours, together with 14 members of the family whose home within the southern Rafah refugee camp had been hit.
The Israeli army stated on Sunday it intensified operations within the southern Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis, with the air pressure and artillery hitting about 50 targets inside six minutes, it stated, in an try to “intensify operational achievements within the space”.
“Throughout the strikes, the troops destroyed terrorist infrastructure and eradicated Hamas terrorists who had been working from civilian amenities in city areas,” it stated.
Opening abstract
Welcome to our newest reside protection of the Israel-Gaza warfare and wider Center East disaster. Right here’s an outline of the most recent information.
A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Sunday to carry ceasefire talks on Gaza, a senior official advised Reuters, after talks befell in Doha, the Qatari capital, on Saturday.
The delegation is being led by Hamas’ deputy chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, the official stated.
Israel is reported to be near accepting a six-week ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior Biden administration official advised a number of US information shops on Saturday. The official stated there was a “framework deal” and Israel had “roughly accepted” a ceasefire to permit for the discharge of Hamas-held hostages in Gaza and to permit assist into the territory that has been devastated by 4 months of bombardment, killing greater than 30,000 folks. Nonetheless, the official stated a “outlined class of weak hostages” had not but been agreed – a sticking level to an settlement.
Within the Pink Sea, the US army confirmed on Saturday that the UK-owned vessel Rubymar had sunk after being struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Yemeni Houthi militants on 18 February.
“The roughly 21,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertilizer that the vessel was carrying presents an environmental danger within the Pink Sea,” US Central Command stated.
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Israeli forces struck tents housing displaced Palestinians close to a hospital in Rafah, killing 11 folks and injuring dozens on Saturday, based on Gaza’s well being officers. A paramedic was amongst these killed and youngsters had been additionally injured within the strikes, which occurred close to the Emirati maternity hospital, a spokesperson for the Gaza well being ministry stated.
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The US air pressure started airdrops of assist over Gaza on Saturday in a joint operation with Jordan in a last-resort try to get meals into the besieged strip as mass hunger looms. US and Jordanian planes dropped 38,000 meals within the first of a collection of airdrops that US President Joe Biden introduced on Friday, US officers stated.
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Israeli forces arrested 14 members of the Palestine Pink Crescent Society (PRCS), the organisation stated. In a tweet on Saturday, it stated: “PRCS expresses deep concern for the protection of its detained groups, whose destiny stays unknown, and calls on the worldwide neighborhood to urgently intervene to strain the Israeli occupation authorities to instantly launch our detained colleagues.”
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The US vice-president, Kamala Harris, will meet with Israeli warfare cupboard member Benny Gantz on Monday, a White Home official advised Reuters. The assembly was anticipated to cowl matters together with decreasing Palestinian casualties, securing a brief ceasefire, hostage launch and a rise in assist stream.