This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas for hostage deal
Evening recap
4 April 2024 23:44 BST
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
Gaza's health ministry said that 62 people have been killed by Israel in Gaza over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 33,037 Palestinians killed in the enclave since 7 October.
Another 92 people have been wounded, bringing the total to 75,668 since the start of the war.
President Joe Biden demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, the White House announced.
In other developments:
- World Central Kitchen called for an "independent, third party investigation" into the Israel strikes that killed seven of the organisation's aid workers in Gaza on 1 April.
- Egypt had presented a proposal for a ceasefire, but it contained nothing new, a senior Hamas leader said on Thursday.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said to Al Jazeera TV on Thursday that the European Union ought to consider whether its strategic partnership with Israel should persist if the EU determines that Israel has violated humanitarian law in its war in Gaza.
- More than 135 people formed a blockade at every entrance of Lockheed Martin's research campus in Sunnyvale, California, on Thursday to demonstrate against the military contractor's involvement in the war in Gaza.
- McDonald's Corp has decided to purchase its Israeli branches from Alonyal Ltd, taking direct control of the operations several months after the franchise became a focal issue during the early stages of the war in Gaza.
- Civil servants in the UK in charge of arms exports to Israel have called to "cease work immediately" amid concerns of potential complicity in war crimes committed in Gaza.