LIVE: Israelis protest for Gaza ceasefire as 78 Palestinians killed

LIVE: Israelis protest for Gaza ceasefire as 78 Palestinians killed

… Aid distribution in Gaza used as a ‘tool of genocide’

By Maziar Motamedi and Tim Hume

• Sources in Gaza hospitals say 78 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombings today, at least 9 of them near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid hub in the north of Rafah, including three children.
• At least 743 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks at the notorious GHF distribution centres, as Israeli forces continue to target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to cope with the wounded.
• Hamas says it is ready to start talks “immediately” on a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire, which will allow the desperately needed aid for Gaza.
• Hamas ally Islamic Jihad says it supports plans for talks on a truce with Israel, but demanded “guarantees” that the process would lead to a permanent ceasefire.
• The announcement came after it held consultations with other Palestinian factions and before a visit on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, where President Donald Trump is pushing for an end to the war, now in its 21st month.
• Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 57,338 people and wounded 135,957, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.

In another development, the Palestine ministry has called for international action on Gaza, West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says effective international action is required to stop “the crimes of genocide and annexation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem”.

It said in a statement that it holds the Israeli government fully responsible for giving free rein to settler militias in the occupied territories, through their campaigns to illegaly seize more Palestinian land and build more settlements.

“The ministry warns against the continued overreach of the occupation government and its settler militias in violating the West Bank and carrying out massive colonial settlement projects and large-scale demolitions of citizens’ homes, especially in camps in the northern West Bank.”

Also, Netanyahu says changes made by Hamas to ceasefire ‘unacceptable’

On X, the Israeli premiership says “The changes that Hamas is seeking to make in the Qatari proposal were conveyed to us last night and are unacceptable to Israel”.

Aljeezera