This is an entry from: Gaza live: Israel continues bombing central Gaza
Evening recap
29 April 2024 23:46 BST
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Gaza's health ministry said that 34 people were killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 34,488 since 7 October.
An additional 77,643 have been wounded since the start of the war.
Israel's overnight air strikes on Rafah killed 20 people, including five children, according to Al Jazeera's correspondent.
In other developments:
- Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said that bilateral agreements between his country and the US were "very, very close".
- UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that the latest Israeli proposal for a truce deal in Gaza included a 40-day pause in hostilities and the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of Israeli captives.
- Columbia University has failed to reach an agreement with students organising the pro-Palestine encampment, the president has said.
- The Pentagon said that the construction of a temporary pier by the US military to enhance aid deliveries to Gaza with cost a minimum of $320m for Washington.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Monday, a US official said.
- The US State Department said that it found five units of the Israeli military responsible for significant human rights violations in incidents occurring outside of Gaza before the war on Gaza began on 7 October.