Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The news came after aid trucks from Egypt started entering the Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, reported Egyptian state-linked media. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
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Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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Aid trucks from Egypt began entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, state-linked media Al-Qahera News reported. Egypt has refused to coordinate aid through the crossing at Rafah as long as Israeli troops control the Palestinian side.
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Witnesses reported heavy shelling in the southern city of Rafah early Sunday, reported AFP, two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt military operations there.
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At least 35,984 Palestinians have been killed and 80,643 wounded in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.
Yesterday's key developments:
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An Israeli official told AFP Saturday that the government had an "intention" to renew "this week" talks aimed at reaching a hostage release deal in Gaza, after a meeting in Paris between US and Israeli officials.
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Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN's top court for it to "immediately halt" its military offensive in the southern city.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
