A senior Hamas official on Friday lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s post-war Gaza plan granting Israel security control over Gaza indefinitely. The proposals “will never succeed”, Osama Hamdan told reporters in Lebanon. An Israeli delegation led by Mossad’s director held talks in Paris Friday with the US, Qatar and Egypt amid international pressure to head off an Israeli assault on Rafah. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
- An Israeli delegation led by spy chief David Barnea arrived in Paris for ceasefire talks with the US, Qatar and Egypt Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has proposed a post-war plan granting Israel security control over Gaza while Palestinians with no links to Hamas and other militant groups run the enclave.
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A senior Hamas official on Friday dismissed Netanyahu's Gaza post-war proposals, telling reporters in Lebanon that the Israeli prime minister knew "full well" his plan "will never succeed".
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An annual UN report published Friday identified gross human rights violations committed by all parties in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Leaders of major UN and humanitarian organisations are calling on Israel to provide food and medicine and facilitate aid deliveries to the 2.3 million Palestinians in conflict-wracked Gaza – and on world leaders “to prevent an even worse catastrophe from happening”.
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At least 29,514 people have been killed and 69,616 wounded in Israeli strikes in Gaza, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave. Around 1,140 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, according to Israeli officials. Around 250 people were taken hostage during the attack and 132 are still in Gaza, according to Israeli figures.
Yesterday's key developments:
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Former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Thursday that an independent group she leads tasked with assessing the “neutrality” of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) aims to produce a “rigorous, evidence-based report” that will help the agency fulfill its mandate.
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G20 nations broadly back a two-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East, host Brazil said Thursday after a meeting of top diplomats, adding to pressure on Israel to accept an independent Palestinian state.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on the international community to take a more active role towards an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during talks at the G20 meeting in Brazil, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
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A shooting attack near a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed one person and wounded eight, Israeli police said. Violence in the West Bank has escalated since the start of the Gaza war to levels unseen in nearly two decades, with hundreds killed in recent months.
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Yemen's Houthis have introduced "submarine weapons" in their attacks on seagoing vessels, which they say they are carrying out in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, according to their leader.
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The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned it has reached a "breaking point" as it struggles to cope with the war in Gaza.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters)
