Summary of the day …
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said endorsement of the UN security council’s ceasefire resolution by Hamas officials was a “hopeful sign”, but the group’s leadership in Gaza needed to sign off on the deal. Blinken, who is in Israel as part of his eighth regional trip since the war began, said the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had “reaffirmed his commitment” to the ceasefire plan outlined by the US, although it has not been formally accepted by either party to the conflict
Qatari and Egyptian mediators have not received formal responses from Hamas or Israel over a UN-backed ceasefire proposal, despite an apparent willingness on both sides to entertain the deal. An Israeli official said the plan outlined would allow it to achieve its war goals, including “eliminating Hamas’s military and civil capabilities”. Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters Hamas was ready to negotiate over the details
More than 37,164 Palestinians have been killed and 84,832 have been injured in the Israeli military offensive on Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-led Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday
Hebrew media Ynet reports that the Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv has announced that one of the hostages Israel rescued from captivity in Gaza at the weekend, Noa Argamani, has been discharged from hospital
The UN human rights office said on Tuesday that the civilian deaths in Gaza during the Israeli operation to secure the release of four hostages and their holding by armed groups in densely populated areas could both amount to war crimes
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday it was the responsibility of the UN security council and the international community to press Israel to open all land crossings into the Gaza Strip
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called on the international community to force Israel to stop using hunger as a weapon and remove obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip
Hamas has said that one of its commanders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was killed in a clash with Israeli forces yesterday
The Islamic Resistance group in Lebanon claims to have used an anti-aircraft missile to force an Israeli aircraft to leave Lebanese airspace
Hezbollah claimed to fire a barrage of missiles at Israeli targets in the Golan Heights area. Israeli media reported fires in the Nahal Zavitan area, with the head of the local council saying it remains unclear whether the fires are the direct result of rocket or missile strikes, or the result of fallen shrapnel
The UK has issued more than 100 arms export licences to Israel between the Hamas attack on 7 October and 31 May, according to government figures. The statistics show no arms export licence application was rejected or revoked during the conflict
The US has said it will provide an additional $404m (£317m / €376m) in humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and the region, bringing, it says, the total US assistance to more than $674m (£529m / €628m) over the past eight months
The US has said it will provide an additional $404m (£317m / €376m) in humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and the region, bringing, it says, the total US assistance to more than $674m (£529m / €628m) over the past eight months.
In a statement, the US department of state said:
As the largest single country humanitarian donor to the Palestinian people, we recognise the urgent need for more assistance to reach civilians given the dire humanitarian conditions and call on all donors to support life-saving operations for Palestinians in Gaza and the region. We urge other donors to contribute to the humanitarian response in Gaza and the region, increase support to those affected by the conflict, and work together to find lasting solutions to the crisis.
