- A Hamas delegation has arrived in Egypt for what appear to be do-or-die negotiations on a ceasefire, with the movement saying it is “determined to achieve an agreement”.
- Israel reportedly gives Hamas one week to agree to a ceasefire and prisoner-captive exchange deal, threatening it will launch its ground invasion of Rafah otherwise. The United Nations chief has called on Israel and Hamas to reach a truce deal.
- A Qatari delegation is headed to Cairo as diplomatic efforts are stepped up to stop Israel from going ahead with its offensive in Rafah – the last refuge for 1.5 million Palestinians.
- The head of the UN World Food Programme says northern Gaza is now experiencing a “full-blown famine”. Thousands of Palestinians are starving as Israel has restricted the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
- At least 34,654 Palestinians have been killed and 77,908 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive.
- One killed in Israeli raid on Tulkarem in occupied West BankReporting from Ramallah in the occupied West BankWe’re here actually just northeast of Tulkarem, where in the village just behind me, Deir Al-Ghusoun, there has been a raid ongoing for the last 12 or 13 hours – yet another dramatic night for this region.What we know is that around late afternoon yesterday, there was a buildup of Israeli military vehicles and soldiers, special forces around Tulkarem, and around midnight last night, they went into the village, and since then, that village has been under siege.Now, the special forces and the soldiers that went in seem to have been targeting one two-story home specifically. They opened fire, there were clashes that ensued, and they were targeting what we understand were fighters related to Hamas.A senior member of Hamas did confirm to Al Jazeera that those fighters were part of a Qassam unit.Hours after that, clashes continued between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters. We know that at least one person was killed. We know that there were women and children inside that building when this raid was carried out.
- Pro-Palestinian protests grow despite police crackdownsDespite a police crackdown on student protests in support of Palestine, demonstrations continue across the United States and in other places across the world.In many universities across the US, pro-Palestinian rallies, sit-ins and police clampdowns on them have upended the final days of the school year.More than 2,400 protesters have been arrested on campuses across the US to quell the largest student protests since the anti-Vietnam war protests in the 1960s and early 1970s.Some universities have been forced to cancel their graduation ceremonies, while others have seen entire buildings occupied by protesting students.Across the Atlantic, police entered France’s prestigious Sciences Po university in Paris on Friday and removed student activists who had occupied its buildings overnight in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.In Berlin, German police broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Humboldt University in central Berlin on the same day, arresting several protesters.Pro-Palestinian protests have also spread across British universities as tent camps grow at universities in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Warwick, Swansea and Bristol, according to local media.Click here to share on social media
- Gaza death toll risesAt least 34,654 Palestinians have been killed and 77,908 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.The ministry added that 32 people were killed and 41 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
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