Palestinian dying toll tops 66,000 as Netanyahu prepares to satisfy Trump : NPR

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Jehad Alshrafi/AP The dying toll within the Israel-Hamas struggle has topped 66,000 Palestinians, Gaza's Well being Ministry stated Sunday, a day earlier than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White Home for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on halting Israel's ongoing offensive in Gaza Metropolis.

Israeli safety forces in the meantime shot useless the alleged attacker in a car-ramming incident by which a person was severely injured at a highway junction close to Nablus within the West Financial institution. The assault was praised by Hamas. Violence has surged within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, which alongside Gaza and east Jerusalem was captured by Israel within the 1967 Mideast struggle and the Palestinians need for a future state.

Netanyahu has come underneath heavy worldwide stress to finish the struggle. Key Western allies have joined a rising record of nations recognizing a Palestinian state over Israeli objections. The European Union is contemplating sanctions and there are rising strikes for a sports activities and cultural boycott in opposition to Israel.

After dozens of delegates poured out of the corridor, a defiant Netanyahu informed fellow world leaders Friday on the U.N. Basic Meeting that his nation "should end the job" in opposition to Hamas in Gaza as his army pressed on with an offensive in Gaza Metropolis.

Trump has up to now stood behind Israel. However the U.S. chief has proven indicators of impatience currently, significantly after Israel's bombing of Qatar earlier this month in what seems to have been a failed try to kill Hamas' management. In Monday's White Home assembly, Trump is predicted to share a brand new proposal for ending the struggle.

Forty-eight hostages are nonetheless held captive in Gaza, round 20 of them believed by Israel to be alive, since an assault by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, triggered the struggle. Ceasefire talks have been stalled since Israel's broadly condemned strike in Doha, Qatar.

Trump's 21-point ceasefire plan Trump has floated a 21-point proposal for a right away ceasefire.

The proposal would come with the discharge of all hostages inside 48 hours and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian enclave, in line with three Arab officers briefed on the plan. The officers, who spoke on situation of anonymity to debate the continued talks, stated the proposal is just not ultimate and modifications are extremely possible.

Trump mentioned the proposal with Arab leaders in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations Basic Meeting.

A Hamas official stated the group was briefed on the plan however has but to obtain an official provide from Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Hamas has stated it is able to "examine any proposals positively and responsibly."

The official stated the group had beforehand stated it was prepared to launch all hostages in return for an finish to the struggle and an entire withdrawal of Israeli forces from the strip.

US ambassador to Israel will go to Cairo to push for a ceasefire The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, will go to Cairo to satisfy with Egyptian officers to debate the ceasefire in addition to Egypt's frayed ties with Israel, in line with officers.

The U.S. Embassy in Israel stated Huckabee will journey to Cairo as a part of "common diplomatic consultations" between regional companions, although the precise timing was not confirmed.

The connection between Israel and Egypt — the primary Arab nation to ascertain ties with Israel — has unraveled in latest months over Israel's assault concentrating on Hamas management in Doha and worries that Palestinians squeezed out of the Gaza Strip may flood into Egypt. Israel has additionally expressed concern over an Egyptian army buildup within the Sinai peninsula, a violation of the 1979 peace treaty between the 2 nations.

Nonstop explosions reported in Gaza Native hospitals in central Gaza stated no less than 10 folks folks have been killed when no less than two strikes hit properties within the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Gaza's Well being Ministry stated in its every day report the dying toll has climbed to 66,005, with an extra 168,162 wounded for the reason that struggle began. Among the many useless have been 79 who have been delivered to hospitals previously 24 hours, it stated.

The ministry, a part of the Hamas-run administration, doesn't differentiate between civilians and militants in its toll, however has stated girls and kids make up round half the useless. Its figures are seen as a dependable estimate by the U.N. and plenty of unbiased specialists.

Residents reported listening to sounds of explosions in a single day throughout the town, possible coming from the demolition of buildings by means of the detonation of explosive-laden autos and robots. "They have been nonstop," Sayed Baker, a Palestinian who shelters near a Shifa hospital, stated of the explosions.

The Israeli army didn't instantly touch upon the strikes, however stated it struck 140 Hamas army targets over the previous 24 hours, together with militants, remark gear and infrastructure.

Israel's offensive has destroyed huge areas of Gaza, displaced round 90% of the inhabitants and prompted a catastrophic humanitarian disaster, with specialists saying Gaza Metropolis is experiencing famine.