Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in Washington to address Congresshas signaled that a ceasefire agreement could be taking shape.
Palestinians displaced by The latest order from the Israeli army to withdraw Some parts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis say they are sleeping on the streets. Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 39,100 Palestinians have been killed in the nine-month war.
On Thursday, officials from Egypt, Israel, the United States and Qatar will meet in Doha with the aim of resuming talks on a proposed three-phase ceasefire to end the War between Israel and Hamas. and free the remaining hostages.
Here’s the latest:
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – The Gaza Ministry of Health says the bodies of 55 people killed by Israeli strikes have been taken to local hospitals in the past 24 hours.
Hospitals also received 110 injured people, the ministry said Wednesday. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count.
The total Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas rose to at least 39,145, the ministry said, and another 90,257 were injured.
Israel launched the war in Gaza after the Hamas attack on October 7, in which militants swept into southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people – mostly civilians – and kidnapping about 250.
BEIRUT – An Israeli delegation will head to Cairo on Wednesday to negotiate with Egyptian officials, according to the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which is close to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. According to Egyptian sources, negotiations will focus on the Rafah border crossing and the Philadelphia corridor.
On Thursday, officials from Egypt, Israel, the United States and Qatar will meet in Doha with the aim of resuming talks for a proposed three-phase ceasefire to end the war between Israel and Hamas, Al-Akhbar said. He added that Egyptian and Qatari mediators see that the first phase of the agreement is close, but are concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could destroy a possible agreement in the final hours.
A spokesman for Netanyahu’s office confirmed that a delegation is expected in Cairo.
BEIRUT – A group comprising Iranian-backed factions in Iraq says it has carried out a drone attack against “a vital target” in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said the attack early Wednesday came in retaliation for what it called Israel’s massacres in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said its air force shot down two drones flying toward Israel from the east. He added that the drones did not enter Israeli airspace.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks against Israel in recent months, but most of the drones were shot down before reaching their targets. Last week, a drone attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed one person in central Tel Aviv and injured at least 10 others near the US embassy.
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