Details of draft truce emerged in reports hours after US president Joe Biden said ‘my hope is by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire’
The health ministry in Gaza has issued updated casualty figures, reporting that in the last 24 hours, 96 Palestinians were killed and 172 were injured by Israel’s military actions in the territory. This brings the total death toll inside Gaza since 7 October from Israeli military action to a reported 29,878, with 70,215 injured.
It has not been possible for journalists to independently verify the casualty figures being issued by the health ministry, which is run by Hamas. The ministry does not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants in the figures, but says that the majority of those killed have been women and children. There are believed to be many more Palestinians missing, presumed buried under rubble from the Israeli aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
