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Key Points
- Hamas says it has agreed to a ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his cabinet will continue to pressure Hamas to lay down arms and leave Gaza.
- Israeli strikes killed at least 24 people on the first day Eid.
“We are conducting it under fire, and therefore it is also effective,” he said in a video statement.
Egypt, Qatar and the United States are attempting to broker another ceasefire and secure the release of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.
At least two dozen killed in Israeli strikes on first day of Eid
Later on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Service said it had finally been able to get access to search for rescue teams that had come under Israeli fire during a rescue mission in western Rafah, a week after the attack.
Sunday’s strikes took place as Palestinians celebrated the Eid holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Source: Getty / Abdallah F.s. Alattar / Anadolu
It said it had recovered 13 bodies from the scene. On Monday, they said they had recovered 15 bodies.
Bodies of eight medics from the Red Crescent, six members of Gaza’s civil defence agency and one employee of a UN agency were retrieved, the Red Crescent said in a statement. It said one medic from the Red Crescent remained missing.
Red Cross ‘outraged’ at medic killings
There was no immediate Israeli comment.
Netanyahu backing Trump’s ‘voluntary emigration’ plan
“We will ensure general security in the Gaza Strip and enable the implementation of the Trump plan, the voluntary emigration plan,” he said. “That is the plan, we do not hide it, we are ready to discuss it at any time.”
