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More than 100 people were reported killed early Saturday in overnight strikes across Gaza, as Israel’s spy chief was in Paris for talks seeking to “unblock” progress towards a truce and the return of hostages held by Palestinian militants.Read our liveblog to see how all the day’s events unfolded.
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- An Israeli delegation led by spy chief David Barnea is in Paris for ceasefire talks on Saturday with the US, Qatar and Egypt.
- 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.
- 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”.
- An annual UN report published Friday identified gross human rights violations committed by all parties in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
- An Israeli delegation led by spy chief David Barnea arrived in Paris for ceasefire talks with the US, Qatar and Egypt Friday.
- 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.
- 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”.
- An annual UN report published Friday identified gross human rights violations committed by all parties in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
- 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”.
- 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.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters)
