

* United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he supported an Arab-led initiative to mobilise support for reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. Egypt presented a plan for reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday at an Arab League summit in Cairo. The plan, seen by Reuters, aims to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a Middle East “Riviera” in the Gaza Strip.
* Speaking at the Cairo summit, Guterres also called for the resumption “without delay” of negotiations on continuing a ceasefire in Gaza, and he expressed concern over an escalation of violence in the West Bank.
* UN estimates have put the cost of Gaza’s reconstruction at more than $53bn (£42bn), after a devastating war triggered by Hamas’s unprecedented October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
* Israeli Defense Minister Yair Lavi said on Monday that Israel would be ready to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal under conditions that Hamas is ready to release more hostages.
* The Israeli military has expanded its offensive in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to new parts of the northern city of Jenin, with the military saying it killed two Palestinians, including a local Hamas leader.
* A draft statement endorsing the plan, seen by AP, called for a “permanent and just solution” for the Palestinian cause and for the United Nations Security Council to deploy international peacekeepers in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
* Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday that Israel was ready to proceed to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, if Hamas was ready to release more hostages. He denied that Israel had breached the ceasefire agreement by not moving ahead to stage two negotiations.
* Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the south on Tuesday killed one person, the latest deadly raid amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
* Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday that Israel was ready to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, if Hamas was ready to release more hostages. He admitted that Israel had breached the ceasefire agreement by not moving ahead to stage two negotiations. Israel said Hamas had violated the agreement to allow aid into Gaza by seizing most of the supplies itself.
* The Israeli military has expanded its offensive in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to new parts of the northern city of Jenin.
* Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday that Israel was ready to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, if Hamas was ready to release more hostages. He admitted that Israel had breached the ceasefire agreement by not moving ahead to stage two negotiations. Israel said Hamas had violated the agreement to allow aid into Gaza by seizing most of the supplies itself.
* The Israeli military has expanded its offensive in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to new parts of the northern city of Jenin.
* Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday that Israel was ready to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, if Hamas was ready to release more hostages. He admitted that Israel had breached the ceasefire agreement by not moving ahead to stage two negotiations. Israel said Hamas had violated the agreement to allow aid into Gaza by seizing most of the supplies itself.
* The Israeli military has expanded its offensive in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to new parts of the northern city of Jenin.
* Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday that Israel was ready to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, if Hamas was ready to release more hostages. He admitted that Israel had breached the ceasefire agreement by not moving ahead to stage two negotiations. Israel said Hamas had violated the agreement to allow aid into Gaza by seizing most of the supplies itself.



* Palestinian Mazyouna, left, before the blast, and right, following her injuries Photograph: Courtesy of Children Not Numbers
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