By Palestine Chronicle Staff 
ISRAELI MEDIA: Maariv newspaper, citing sources, reported that Witkoff presented Netanyahu with a new exchange deal proposal during their meeting yesterday. The proposal aims to advance a path that offers a horizon for ending the war. The proposal is based on the idea that a comprehensive deal leading to a permanent and long-term ceasefire could make Hamas more flexible.
HAMAS STATEMENT: Hamas stated that the Israeli enemy forces committed a cowardly assassination crime against journalist Hassan Aslih by targeting him while he was receiving treatment in the hospital. Hamas added that Aslih’s assassination is a flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws and reflects the moral and media bankruptcy of the occupation
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed and others were injured in a bombing carried out by an Israeli drone on the Martyrs’ Roundabout in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
AL-JAZEERA: US President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia at the start of a four-day regional tour that includes Qatar and the UAE, during which he hopes to conclude major agreements, amid difficulties in achieving settlements to regional wars, including the Israeli war on Gaza.
US President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia at the start of a four-day regional tour that includes Qatar and the UAE. pic.twitter.com/xtfeox6SJ1
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ISRAELI MEDIA: Yisrael Hayom newspaper quoted the head of the “Israel Our Home” party, Avigdor Lieberman, as saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not intend to eliminate Hamas, but wants to prolong the war until the elections.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 12 reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the administration of former US President Joe Biden during his meeting with wounded soldiers, saying that its pressure cost Israel a price in blood. Netanyahu added that the pressure from the Biden administration prevented Israel from completing the mission, but things have changed now and they will destroy Hamas.
UNRWA: Gaza residents face the risk of famine after 19 months of conflict, mass displacement, and strict restrictions on aid, adding that the siege on Gaza must be lifted to allow aid to reach those in need.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation artillery shelled the Al-Tuffah and Shuja’iyya neighborhoods, east of Gaza City.
REUTERS: Reuters quoted an Israeli official as saying that there are risks to Israel from a president whose decisions are unpredictable like Trump, adding that they realize that Trump can transform his relationship with the United States’ historical allies, and they have no choice now but to deal with Trump’s decisions.
AL-JAZEERA: Two Palestinians were killed as a result of Israeli shelling of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis. The government media office in Gaza stated that the occupation is shelling the Nasser Medical Complex and committing a crime that resulted in the martyrdom of wounded people receiving treatment.
A funeral is held in Khan Younis for journalist Hassan Eslaih, assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Medical Complex. pic.twitter.com/3aMp6qRRKj
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ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 13 reported that government ministers criticized the administration of US President Donald Trump in a security session regarding the agreement to release the Israeli-American captive soldier Idan Alexander.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces shelled the south of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, with artillery.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli aircraft launched airstrikes on the large town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
STATEMENT: The Government Media Office in Gaza announced that the number of martyred journalists in the Strip has risen to 215 after the martyrdom of journalist Hassan Islih.
The Media Office added that journalist Islih was martyred while receiving treatment inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Channel 13 reported that government ministers criticized the administration of US President Donald Trump during a security meeting regarding the agreement to release the captured Israeli-American soldier, Idan Alexander.
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