Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. Earlier Sunday, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza announced that at least 274 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli raid that rescued four hostages a day earlier. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
- Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday.
- The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said Sunday that at least 274 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air and ground raid that rescued four hostages near al-Nuseirat refugee camp.
- The first aid from a US-built pier arrived in Gaza late on Saturday since storm damage required repairs to the structure, the US military said, relaunching an effort to bring supplies to Palestinians by sea that had been plagued with problems.
- At least 37,084 Palestinians have been killed and 84,494 wounded in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Israel’s army on Saturday announced it had rescued four hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza. It is the largest rescue operation of living hostages since the war started.
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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for an emergency UN Security Council session over the deadly Israeli air raid on Nuseirat refugee camp near where the Israeli hostages were freed.
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Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz cancelled a news conference that was scheduled for Saturday, his office said, amid speculation he had been planning to resign from the government.
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US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron were expected to discuss the latest ceasefire proposal between Hamas and Israel in a meeting in Paris on Saturday.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
