Hamas says it's reviewing a U.S. ceasefire deal backed by Israel

Naim said Hamas had received an authoritative effect from the Israeli broadside to the proposal, but said it failed to “to conscionable immoderate of the conscionable and morganatic demands of our people,” including an contiguous cessation of hostilities. But helium said Hamas was inactive considering the ceasefire proposal.

Israel launched its violative successful Gaza pursuing the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, violent attacks, successful which immoderate 1,200 radical were killed and astir 250 taken hostage, marking a large escalation successful a decadeslong conflict.

Since then, much than 54,000 people, including thousands of children, person been killed successful Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry successful the enclave, which has been tally by Hamas since 2007.

Meanwhile, assistance groups person warned of a dire humanitarian concern successful the enclave owed to Israel's violative and 11-week-long blockade that barred the introduction of nutrient and medicine earlier it was lifted past week.

President Donald Trump connected Wednesday acknowledged the humanitarian situation successful Gaza, calling it a "nasty situation," adding that “Oct. 7 was a precise nasty day, the worst that I deliberation I’ve ever seen.”

He told reporters the U.S. was getting nutrient to Palestinian civilians, with a caller strategy for assistance organisation launched implicit the past week, led by the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

GHF began operations this week days aft Israel lifted its blockade, contempt criticism from humanitarian groups who warned that its operations undermined a long-running humanitarian model successful Gaza and risked compromising the independency of assistance operations.

They besides expressed important interest implicit a plan laid retired by Netanyahu to spot assistance distributed astatine sites successful confederate Gaza, efficaciously forcibly displacing Palestinians there.

In an update Friday, however, GHF said it planned to physique further sites crossed Gaza, including successful the bluish region, “in the weeks ahead.” The enactment said it had truthful acold distributed much than 2.1 cardinal meals to Palestinians successful the span of 4 days.