Overview

• Hamas is reviewing a US-backed ceasefire proposal that calls for a 60-day truce, phased Israeli withdrawal and the release of dozens of hostages.
• Israel’s defence minister has warned Hamas that it will be ‘annihilated’ if it rejects the hostages-for-truce framework that Israel has approved.
• UN agencies say that Gaza’s 2.3 million residents face the ‘hungriest place on Earth’ conditions as fewer than 200 UN truckloads of aid have entered over 12 days and many more convoys are blocked by fighting.
• The US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed over 2.1 million meals in four days but faces criticism from the UN and aid groups over its neutrality and chaotic rollout.
• The conflict has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023, including over 4,000 since Israel resumed operations in March.