This is an entry from: Live: Trump threatens Gaza residents with death as his team holds direct talks with Hamas about captives
Evening recap
28 February 2025 00:01 GMT
Good evenning Middle East Eye readers,
On Thursday, Hamas and Israel began indirect talks in Cairo on Phase II of the Gaza ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Israel ramped up its ongoing offensive on the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military stormed the city of Salfit and one Palestinian was wounded in the town of Beit Rima, north of Ramallah by Israeli gunfire.
Al Jazeera reported Israeli reinforcements moving towards Tulkarm.
Here is what else you need to know:
- The first Israeli military commission into the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on southern Israel found that the Israeli military misinterpreted and underestimated Hamas's intentions and capabilities
- US President Donald Trump said that “good talks” are taking place to extend the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza
- Hundreds of Israelis gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest in favour of the forcible expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and a return to Israeli settlements
- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is set to meet his US counterpart, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in Washington DC, next week, Israel said