An Israeli delegation has arrived in Egypt to continue ceasefire talks as Israel and Hamas weigh the latest proposal, three Egyptian airport officials said, declining to provide further details. International mediators are pushing Israel and Hamas toward a phased deal that would halt fighting and free some 120 hostages held by the militant group in Gaza.
The talks were roiled over the weekend when Israel said it had targeted Hamas’ military commander in a massive attack, but his status remains unclear.
Hamas’ The attack of October 7th marked the beginning of the war when militants swept into southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting about 250. Since then, Israeli ground offensives and bombardments have killed more than 38,600 people in Gaza, according to the Ministry of HealthNo distinction is made in the count between combatants and civilians.
Two international courts have accused Israel of war crimes And genocide – accusations that Israel denies. Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are packed into filthy tent camps in central and southern Gaza. Israeli restrictions, fighting and the breakdown of law and order have limited humanitarian aid efforts, causing widespread hunger and stoking fears of famine.
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Israel extends law restricting foreign media for security reasons
JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament has extended a temporary law that allows the country to shut down foreign media outlets it deems a threat to Israel’s security. In a marathon session that lasted until early Thursday morning, parliament gave final approval to extend the emergency law until Nov. 30.
Israeli officials used the new law on May 5 to shut down Qatar-based Al Jazeera in Israel, seizing its equipment, banning its broadcasts and blocking its websites.
Under the law, Israel’s Communications Ministry also briefly seized AP broadcasting equipment in southern Israel after it was accused of new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera. The government the equipment returned to AP a few hours later.
a bill that would create emergency legislation permanent is currently pending in the Israeli parliament. The draft said a permanent bill is needed because Israel “has faced serious security threats since its establishment and is expected to continue to face such threats, possibly even more seriously.”
Critics say the measure, passed earlier this year, is undemocratic and poses a threat to press freedom.
Israeli strikes kill at least 11 people in central Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 11 people, including women and children, were killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza on Thursday night.
An Israeli strike hit a house in central Gaza early Thursday morning, killing at least six people, while another strike later hit a car, killing at least three. The dead were taken to Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where an Associated Press journalist counted the bodies.
Among the six people killed in the early morning attack in Zawaida were two children and two women. The affected area is close to Deir al-Balah, where many displaced Palestinians from the war-torn Gaza Strip have fled.
Meanwhile, the civil protection organization in Gaza reported that they pulled two bodies and seven wounded people from the rubble after an Israeli airstrike in Bureij, which hit a family home.
The Israeli military said it had attacked two commanders of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, one of whom was a member of the group’s navy and the other who was responsible for the launches in the town of Shujaiya.
