“What has happened in Gaza over the last ten months is devastating. So many innocent people have lost their lives, desperate, hungry people who keep fleeing for safety. The extent of the suffering is heartbreaking,” she says. Harris wants to continue to work to ensure that “the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can exercise their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination.”
10.15 p.m.: According to informed sources, delegations from the USA and Israel have arrived at Cairo airport in Egypt for further talks on ending the Gaza war. The visit is planned to last several hours, it was said. The Israeli news portal “Ynet” reported that the head of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad, David Barnea, and the head of the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, have arrived in Cairo for further negotiations.
13:23: According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, three people were killed in an Israeli army operation in the West Bank. According to medics, the men were killed in drone attacks on a house in the city of Tulkaram in the north of the West Bank, among other places. According to local reports, at least one of the dead is a member of the military wing of the Islamist Hamas.
When asked, Israel’s army said that armed men were the target of the anti-terror operation. An aircraft was used to attack the house. The Israeli army often uses drones in its raids in the West Bank.
