Prolonged negotiations led the UN Security Council to postpone to Tuesday a vote on a resolution that had sought a new ceasefire in Gaza, diplomatic sources said on Monday, as the United States exhibits growing impatience with key ally Israel. The news comes after the first commercial trucks entered the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war erupted more than two months ago, said the United States. Follow our live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1)
Summary:
- US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin held a joint press conference with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in Israel on Monday, during which he called for more aid for people displaced in the besieged Gaza Strip and said that the US would continue to provide arms and munitions to Israel.
- Initially intended for Monday, the United Nations Security Council vote on the conflict in Gaza was postponed until Tuesday as negotiations continued over the text of the document, diplomatic sources at the United Nations told AFP.
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The first commercial trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since the war, joining UN-led deliveries, the United States said on Monday.
- A more precise picture of Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel has emerged from social security data, confirming the unprecedented scale of the violence but also challenging some initial testimonies. The final death toll from the attack is now thought to be 695 Israeli civilians, including 36 children, as well as 373 security forces and 71 foreigners, giving a total of 1,139. This excludes five people, among them four Israelis, still listed as missing by the prime minister's office.
- At least 19,453 people have been killed in Israel's ensuing assault on the Gaza Strip and at least 52,286 people injured, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. At least 7,600 people are missing, according to the Hamas media office.
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Key developments from yesterday:
- The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday denounced "the effective destruction" of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of Gaza, adding that at least eight patients had died.
- Gaza's main telecoms company said Sunday that mobile and internet services had gradually been restored in the centre and south of the beseiged Palestinian territory after the latest service disruption.
- The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that France could play a key role in preventing a war in Lebanon as cross-border skirmishes continue to raise tensions.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.
In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN's counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.
For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
