A Hamas official tells Al Jazeera that Netanyahu and his government are unwilling to reach a ceasefire agreement now because “everyone understands.” According to Hamas, the Israeli government is using “absolute support by the US administration and Western capitals, which are providing the necessary cover and time for the Israeli government to commit a barbaric genocide in Gaza” to carry out ongoing crimes against Palestinians.
An Israeli attack on displaced people in the az-Zawayda area of central Gaza that occurred overnight is said to have killed at least 16 people, including nine children.
According to Lebanese media, an Israeli attack on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon claimed the lives of ten people. In Israel’s war on Gaza, at least 40,074 people have died and 92,537 have been injured. During the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, an estimated 1,139 people were killed, and over 200 people were taken hostage.
