Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday vowed during a visit to Washington to work to bring back hostages from Gaza, and urged close cooperation with the United States after recent strains in the relationship. Gallant met with CIA chief Bill Burns, the key US pointman in negotiations to free hostages from Hamas, and later went into talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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A US-backed proposal to wind down the eight-month-long war in Gaza was cast into doubt on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” ceasefire deal that would not end the war. His comments sparked anger among Israeli citizens whose family members are being held hostage by Hamas.
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The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNWRA) was sued in New York Federal Court on Monday by 101 Israelis, including people who survived Hamas's October 7 attack or had relatives who were killed in it. The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages for what they allege was UNRWA’s “aiding and abetting Hamas’s genocide, crimes against humanity, and torture,” which they said violated international and US federal law.
- At least 37,626 Palestinians have been killed and 86,098 injured in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday's key developments:
- A top US military official warned Sunday that Iran could launch a military response in the event of an Israeli attack on Lebanon. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the US would most likely not be able to defend Israel.
- Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that there was a "dramatic drop" in US arms deliveries for Israel's war effort in Gaza.
- Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday headed to the US for talks on the next phase of the Gaza war and the hostilities against Hezbollah on the Lebanon border.
- An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said, in what would be the latest attack by the group targeting the vital maritime corridor.
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 AP, AFP and Reuters)
