Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza
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Evening recap

28 April 2024 23:19 BST

Good evening, Middle East Eye readers.

Our live coverage of Israel's assault on Gaza will shortly be closing for the evening.

Here are the day's main developments:

Israeli forces have killed at least 34,454 Palestinians and wounded 77,575 others in Gaza since 7 October, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement on Sunday. At least 66 Palestinians were killed and 138 others wounded over the past 24 hours, the ministry said.

A senior Hamas official said on Sunday that the Palestinian militant group had "no major issues" with the latest proposal from Israel and Egypt for a Gaza ceasefire.

The US is working to prevent the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the attack on Gaza, Israeli media has reported.

US President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Netanyahu and "reiterated his clear position" on a possible invasion of Rafah, the White House said.

Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that only the US could stop an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah.

A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was properly assessing whether Israel was complying with international law, following a Reuters report that some senior US officials did not find that country's assurances credible.

Other developments included:

  • A Hamas delegation will head to Cairo on Monday for Gaza ceasefire talks, an official from the Palestinian group told Reuters.
  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said that two Palestinian children have reportedly died due to high temperatures in Gaza.
  • The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has warned Britain and other countries against deploying forces on the land or coast of the Gaza Strip, saying that foreign troops would be "treated as occupation forces and will be legitimate targets for the resistance".
  • France's foreign minister discussed proposals with Lebanese officials on Sunday aimed at easing tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.
  • Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday urged Netanyahu not to back down from a planned ground invasion of Rafah, saying such a move would constitute a humiliating defeat.
  • World Central Kitchen said it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a month after seven workers of the US-based charity were killed in an Israeli air strike.