🔴 Live: Hamas demands 'complete halt' to war in response to Gaza truce plan

Israeli military vehicles maneuver inside the Gaza Strip on June 10, 2024. © Amir Cohen, Reuters

Hamas gave its official response to the latest US-backed truce proposal for Gaza on Tuesday, calling for a "complete halt" to Israeli "aggression" as fighting raged in the Palestinian territory. The US said it was “evaluating” the response. Earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $404 million in new US assistance for the Palestinians, urging other countries to give more money to address Gaza's humanitarian crisis. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

Summary:

• The US said Israel had accepted the three-phase plan for a ceasefire in Gaza. Sources with knowledge of the talks said Hamas welcomed the plan but proposed "amendments".
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $404 million in new US assistance for the Palestinians during a summit in Jordan aimed at boosting humanitarian aid for Gaza. 
• Blinken earlier met with key Israeli opposition figures on the second day of a visit to Israel, including Benny Gantz, the former army chief who quit Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday.
• At least 37,164 Palestinians have been killed and 84,832 wounded in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 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:

• The UN Security Council on Monday afternoon overwhelmingly approved a US resolution that welcomes a proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his eighth visit to the Middle East region since the war began on Monday, meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo. The planned tour includes stops in Israel, Jordan and Qatar.

• The US military said it planned to stockpile aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a UN pause on distributing food from the American-built pier after one of the deadliest days of the Israel-Hamas war.

• Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they had arrested members of an “American-Israeli spy network” days after detaining at least 11 UN staffers along with others from aid organisations.

About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:

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)