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Negotiators in Paris for ceasefire talks as strikes continue in Gaza



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More than 100 people were reported killed early Saturday in overnight strikes across Gaza, as Israel’s spy chief was in Paris for talks seeking to “unblock” progress towards a truce and the return of hostages held by Palestinian militants.Read our liveblog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. 

A man walks amid the debris of destroyed houses in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 22, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. © Mohammed Abed, AFP

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Summary:

  • An Israeli delegation led by spy chief David Barnea is in Paris for ceasefire talks on Saturday with the US, Qatar and Egypt.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has proposed a post-war plan granting Israel security control over Gaza while Palestinians with no links to Hamas and other militant groups run the enclave.

  • A senior Hamas official on Friday dismissed Netanyahu’s Gaza post-war proposals, telling reporters in Lebanon that the Israeli prime minister knew “full well” his plan “will never succeed”. 

  • An annual UN report published Friday identified gross human rights violations committed by all parties in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

  • An Israeli delegation led by spy chief David Barnea arrived in Paris for ceasefire talks with the US, Qatar and Egypt Friday.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has proposed a post-war plan granting Israel security control over Gaza while Palestinians with no links to Hamas and other militant groups run the enclave.

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  • A senior Hamas official on Friday dismissed Netanyahu’s Gaza post-war proposals, telling reporters in Lebanon that the Israeli prime minister knew “full well” his plan “will never succeed”. 

  • An annual UN report published Friday identified gross human rights violations committed by all parties in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

  • Leaders of major UN and humanitarian organisations are calling on Israel to provide food and medicine and facilitate aid deliveries to the 2.3 million Palestinians in conflict-wracked Gaza – and on world leaders “to prevent an even worse catastrophe from happening”.

  • At least 29,514 people have been killed and 69,616 wounded in Israeli strikes in Gaza, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave. Around 1,140 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, according to Israeli officials. Around 250 people were taken hostage during the attack and 132 are still in Gaza, according to Israeli figures.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters)



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