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Live: Morning Israeli strikes kill four children and a fisherman
Meanwhile, Hamas delegation departs Cairo after presenting new vision for reaching a 'comprehensive deal'
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21 hours ago

Ali Baraka, the head of Hamas' national relations department, has confirmed to the Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen that the Palestinian group wants an agreement in which all remaining Israeli captives will be released at once, in exchange for a "five-year ceasefire".

He said Hamas would not accept a ceasefire agreement similar to the one made in January, which Israel violated.

22 hours ago

An Israeli air strike on a three-storey house in a western Gaza neighbourhood on Saturday morning killed 10 people, the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said.

The attack brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza over the past day to 49. 

1 day ago

A Hamas official has reportedly said the Palestinian group is open to an agreement that would involve the release of all remaining Israeli captives and a five-year cessation of hostilities.

Speaking anonymously to AFP, the official said: "Hamas is ready for an exchange of prisoners in a single batch and a truce for five years."

This comes after Hamas said on Friday that it would not accept any proposals that require its disarmament. 

"The weapons of the resistance are not negotiable, and will remain in our hands as long as the occupation persists," the group insisted in a statement.

Hamas representatives are set to meet mediators in Cairo later on Saturday.

1 day ago

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that its food stocks in Gaza are completely "depleted", saying it has delivered its "last remaining food stocks" to local kitchens.

The WFP cautioned that Gaza would run out of food "in the coming days", with more than 400,000 people in the besieged enclave relying on its aid.

Israel's ongoing humanitarian blockade of Gaza, which began on 2 March, has forced residents to survive on food supplies stored during the ceasefire earlier this year.

1 day ago

Good morning Middle East Eye readers. 

Here are the key developments overnight:

  • The Israeli military said that Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Israel, but it was intercepted before it could enter its airspace.
  • The UN World Food Programme warned that food stocks in Gaza are now fully depleted due to Israel's ongoing blockade of the besieged enclave.
  • Israeli forces killed four people in northern Gaza's Sabra neighbourhood after bombing a residential home. Thirty people are reportedly trapped under the rubble.
  • Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian teenager south of Bethlehem.
1 day ago

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- Israeli air strikes have killed 45 people across Gaza since dawn on Friday.

- US President Donald Trump told reporters he pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow food and medicine into the Strip. That follows pleas by the UK and European governments, as well as a dozen major aid organisations that are demanding Israel reopening border crossings into Gaza. 

About 500,000 people in Gaza have been newly displaced since Israel broke the ceasefire last month, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said on Friday. 

- Newly revealed details by Drop Site News show what the current ceasefire plan being pushed by mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the US entails: a non-permanent ceasefire in Gaza that lasts 45 days, a semi-withdrawal of Israeli ground forces, and ultimately, the release of all living and deceased captives from Gaza in exchange for talks toward a permanent end to the war. Hamas would also have to disarm.

- Hamas said it will not entertain any proposals that factor in its disarmament. "The weapons of the resistance are not negotiable, and will remain in our hands as long as the occupation persists," the group's statement said.

Israeli forces have killed over 212 Palestinian journalists since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to a statement by Gaza’s Government Media Office reported by Aljazeera. 

- New polling from 745 likely Democratic voters across the US, conducted by Data For Progress, has shown that 71% of them want to see restrictions on military aid to Israel "until it stops attacks on civilians in Gaza, supports Palestinian rights, and commits to a long-term peace process."

1 day ago

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow food and medicine into the devastated Gaza Strip.

No aid has been delivered to the Palestinian enclave since March 2. Israel has said it would not allow the entry of goods and supplies into Gaza until Palestinian militant group Hamas releases all remaining hostages.

Earlier on Friday, the U.N. World Food Programme said it had run out of food stocks in Gaza.

- Reporting by Reuters 

1 day ago

An Israeli air strike on a family home in the al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza has killed at least one person and wounded a number of others, local reports said late on Friday. 

1 day ago

In a statement released late Friday, Hamas said it will not entertain any proposals that factor in its disarmament. 

"The weapons of the resistance are not negotiable, and will remain in our hands as long as the occupation persists," the statement said.

It follows newly revealed details by Drop Site News on what exactly the current ceasefire plan being pushed by mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the US entails: a non-permanent ceasefire in Gaza that lasts 45 days, a semi-withdrawal of Israeli ground forces, and ultimately, the release of all living and deceased captives from Gaza in exchange for talks toward a permanent end to the war.

Hamas would also have to disarm its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, but it has made clear that while it is willing to step away from future governance of Gaza, it will not lay down its weapons. 

1 day ago

New polling data from 745 likely Democratic voters across the US has shown that 71% of them want to see restrictions on military aid to Israel "until it stops attacks on civilians in Gaza, supports Palestinian rights, and commits to a long-term peace process."

The poll, conducted by Data For Progress and published by Zeteo, was carried out from 9 - 14 April using SMS and web panel respondents. The sample was weighted to be representative of likely Democratic primary voters by age, gender, education, race, and geography, and the margin of error associated with the sample size is ±4 percentage points. 

Polling from Data For Progress and published by Zeteo shows 71% of likely Democratic voters want restrictions on aid to Israel until it stops killing civilians in Gaza
1 day ago

The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli forces late on Friday issued a "final advance warning" for Palestinians to leave three Gaza City neighbourhoods: Turkman, Ajdeeda, and northeast Zeitoun. 

In a post on X, Avichay Adraee said there are "terrorist operations from the aforementioned area against our forces," and that Israel "will attack with great force any area used to carry out these terrorist operations."

"For your safety, you must move immediately west to Gaza City," he added. 

Map shows three neighbourhoods from which the Israelis are pushing out Palestinians ahead of further attacks
1 day ago

With growing discontent in Israel and tens of thousands taking to the streets to demand an end to the war on Gaza and the inking of a deal to bring the captives home, Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday urged citizens to back Israel's forces.

"The IDF is operating vigorously, providing a comprehensive defense envelope for forces maneuvering from the air, land, and sea, and accompanying the activity with heavy weapons to thwart explosive devices and destroy threatening structures," he wrote on X, referring to the Israeli Defence Forces.

"The achievements are great, but the dangers are still great and the prices are heavy. All citizens of Israel must embrace and strengthen the IDF commanders and soldiers and pray for their safety and success," Katz said. 

1 day ago

A dozen major international aid organisations including Save The Children put out a plea to the Israeli government on Friday: Let us do our jobs in Gaza.

"We have supplies. We have trained medical staff. We have expertise," the statement said.

"What we don't have is the access - or the guarantee by the Israeli authorities that our teams can safely do their jobs."

Israel closed all border crossings and reimposed a full siege on Gaza more than 50 days ago. No food, medicine, or clean water is allowed in. 

1 day ago

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in an air strike on Al Farabi School in Gaza City, and one in Beit Hanoun, Wafa news agency reported.

At least 84 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours, according to Al Jazeera.

1 day ago

About 500,000 people in Gaza have been newly displaced since Israel broke the ceasefire last month, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said on Friday. 

In a post on X, the agency noted that a series of Israeli expulsion orders has rendered Palestinians with access to less than a third of the Gaza Strip.

The remaining space is "fragmented, unsafe and barely liveable", according to the UN. 

Meanwhile, Israeli bombing on Friday hit al-Mawasi, a designated "safe area" in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing a family of five.

Despite Israel labelling al-Mawasi as a humanitarian zone, it has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli forces throughout the war.

Read more: Nearly a quarter of Gaza's population displaced since Israel broke ceasefire, UN says

A Palestinian woman mourns victims of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on 25 April 2025 (Reuters/Hatem Khaled)
A Palestinian woman mourns victims of Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on 25 April 2025 (Reuters/Hatem Khaled)