Hamas entered a third day of deliberations on Wednesday over a Gaza cease-fire proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump, while other Palestinian groups dismissed the plan, and Israeli forces continued bombing Gaza City. Trump gave Hamas three or four days to respond to the proposal he presented with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A Palestinian official said Hamas faces only difficult options but remains focused on ending the war and serving Palestinian interests.
Israeli airstrikes and tank fire hit residential areas overnight, killing at least 35 people across Gaza on Wednesday, with most deaths occurring in Gaza City. Seven people died in a strike on the old city, and six others were killed at a school. Israeli officials ordered residents to evacuate south, and Defense Minister Israel Katz described the move as tightening control to defeat Hamas.
The Israeli military blocked northward travel on a coastal road on Wednesday while keeping it open for southbound evacuees. Tanks moved toward the road from the east. The measure prevents hundreds of thousands of displaced residents from returning home, raising fears of permanent displacement after similar restrictions early in the war were later eased.
Gaza's health ministry reported two more malnutrition deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total to 455 since the war began. Famine conditions in Gaza City threaten more than half a million people, according to global hunger monitors.
Israeli airstrikes and tank fire hit residential areas overnight, killing at least 35 people across Gaza on Wednesday, with most deaths occurring in Gaza City. Seven people died in a strike on the old city, and six others were killed at a school. Israeli officials ordered residents to evacuate south, and Defense Minister Israel Katz described the move as tightening control to defeat Hamas.
The Israeli military blocked northward travel on a coastal road on Wednesday while keeping it open for southbound evacuees. Tanks moved toward the road from the east. The measure prevents hundreds of thousands of displaced residents from returning home, raising fears of permanent displacement after similar restrictions early in the war were later eased.
Gaza's health ministry reported two more malnutrition deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total to 455 since the war began. Famine conditions in Gaza City threaten more than half a million people, according to global hunger monitors.
