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09.44 CEST
Trump
reiterates calls for Gaza ceasefire after saying a truce could be secured
within a week
We are
continuing our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East,
with a particular focus on Israel’s war on Gaza.
US
president, Donald Trump, has reiterated calls for a ceasefire deal between
Hamas and Israel.
Posting to
Truth Social on Sunday morning, he wrote: “MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE
HOSTAGES BACK!!!”
Trump said
on Friday that he believed it is possible that a ceasefire could be reached
within a week, despite intense bombardment of the strip by the Israeli military
and continued deadly Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians.
Some 50
hostages remain in Gaza, with less than half believed to still be alive.
They were
among 251 hostages taken in the Hamas-led 7 October attack on southern Israel
in 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed.
Indirect
talks between the two sides have faltered since Israel shattered a previous
ceasefire in March that had come into effect in January.
A Hamas
official told Reuters the group had informed the mediators it was ready to
resume ceasefire talks, but reaffirmed the group’s outstanding demands that any
deal must end the war and secure an Israeli withdrawal from the coastal
territory.
As efforts
to bring about a truce continue, Israel’s military has issued an evacuation
order for the northern Gaza Strip, warning Palestinian people in parts of Gaza
City and nearby areas of imminent strikes there.
“The defense
army is operating with extreme force in these areas, and these military
operations will escalate, intensify, and extend westward to the city center to
destroy the capabilities of terrorist organizations,” military spokesperson
Avichay Adraee wrote on X.
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