Israel launches new strikes in Gaza
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Israeli forces have killed at least four Palestinians and wounded several others across Gaza despite a six-week ceasefire, as a Palestinian armed group announced recovering the body of another captive in the war-torn territory.
The foundation had already closed distribution sites after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect in Gaza six weeks ago.
The project could offer relief for tens of thousands of Palestinians who have endured two years of war, but has raised questions about whether it could entrench the partition of Gaza into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled zones.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the U.S.- and Israeli-backed organisation to distribute aid in Gaza, said on Monday it was ending its operations after months of criticism over deaths of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach GHF hubs.
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Israel says failure to transfer hostage remains from Gaza ‘another violation’ of truce
After Palestinian Islamic Jihad fails to hand over the body of a hostage a day after the terror group announced it located one in central Gaza, Israel says it “takes a very grave view” of the delay, but does not threaten any specific action.
Israel is allowing no more than 200 aid trucks into Gaza per day out of the 600 agreed upon under a ceasefire deal with Israel, local authorities have said. Ismail Al-Thawabteh, who heads Gaza’s Government Media Office, told Anadolu on Monday that Israel allows only “less than one-third” of the aid supplies needed for Gaza’s 2.4 million population.
The Bank of Israel lowered short-term interest rates by a quarter-point on Monday, its first reduction in nearly two years, as a ceasefire in Gaza led to easing inflation and reduced geopolitical risk.
Hamas is deliberately delaying efforts to locate and return the three remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, amid growing internal assessments in Israel that the terror group is rattled by the recent UN Security Council decision outlining a postwar interim administration for the Strip, Channel 12 reports.