The White House said Monday that Gaza truce talks in Cairo have made progress and were expected to continue at a working level for several days despite violence between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah over the weekend. Also on Monday, the UN said it was halting aid operations in Gaza after Israel issued new evacuation orders on Sunday for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip where the UN operations center is located. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Israel's military struck the Gaza Strip on Monday a day after truce talks in Cairo ended in stalemate. Medics said an air strike on a Gaza City house had killed at least five people, with two rescuers telling AFP more victims may be buried in the ruins.
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A round of “constructive” ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations concluded in Cairo on Sunday with no final agreement but talks will continue at lower levels in the coming days, a senior US official said. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told a news conference in Halifax that Washington was still "feverishly" working in Cairo with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
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The Israeli military launched strikes in Lebanon on Sunday after detecting preparations for "large-scale" attacks by Hezbollah. Three people were killed in the strikes on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Hezbollah.
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At least 40,435 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 93,534 wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
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 and Reuters)
