RED Crescent Society reports Israeli forces “firing heavily” in a raid on al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis; Nasser and al-Amal hospitals under Israeli military siege for days.
“We’ve lost a health clinic, major shelters – facilities that were supporting the people of Khan Younis,” says Thomas White, UNRWA’s director of Gaza affairs, as staff join thousands fleeing the city in southern Gaza.
Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour tells UN Security Council that for the ICJ’s “provisional measures to be implemented, there must be a ceasefire in Gaza”.
At least 26,900 people have been killed and 65,949 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is expected in Cairo today as the Palestinian group reviews a proposal for a six-week truce.
Qatari and Egyptian-led mediation efforts forged the proposal in Paris last week alongside CIA chief William Burns. The proposal is a three-stage plan that would begin with an initial six-week halt to the fighting and more aid deliveries into Gaza.
Only “women, children and sick men over 60” held by Hamas would be freed during that stage in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, the AFP news agency quoted a source as saying who added that there would also be “negotiations around the withdrawal of Israeli forces” with more phases of captive-prisoner exchanges.
Meanwhile, in a video message published on X, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has “red lines” in its ongoing negotiations attempting to free Israeli captives held in Gaza.
“We will not end the war, we will not pull the [Israeli military] out of the Strip, we will not release thousands of terrorists,” Netanyahu said in his message.
