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Women mourn their relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment outside the Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 5, 2025.
Women mourn their relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on January 5, 2025 [Eyad Baba/ AFP]
  • Hamas and Israel are wrangling over the details of a potential ceasefire agreement, with the Palestinian group telling Reuters it has approved a list of 34 captives presented by Israeli authorities to be released as part of the first phase of that deal. Israel has denied that claim.
  • Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, killing at least four Palestinians in Rafah and three more in Bureij in air attacks launched in recent hours. The killings follow three days of intense bombardment that killed some 200 Palestinians across the Strip.