Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Late night update

23 March 2024 23:54 GMT

At least 32,142 people have now been killed in Gaza, as Israel continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave. 

While Qatar is hosting truce talks, the Hamas movement has warned against "misinformation" being released regarding progress. 

Hamas’s political bureau official Bassem Naim said that the Israelis have insisted on focusing only on the release of captives and have been unwilling to discuss Hamas’s three demands – a permanent end to the war, "total withdrawal" from Gaza and the return of displaced people to their homes.

Naim said that because of Israel’s inflexibility, the group is “not ready to discuss any further proposals”. 

“There are talks between the Israelis and the negotiators. There are no talks with us. It is up to the superpower Americans and Europeans to exercise more pressure on Netanyahu not endanger the whole region and undermine any chance of long-term stability, security and prosperity,” Naim said. 

Meanwhile, at least 19 people were killed in an Israeli attack on an aid convoy earlier on Saturday, the local health ministry said. 

Israeli forces have now killed at least 560 and injured 1,523 other Palestinians in incidents involving aid trucks in Gaza, according to a new report by the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.

Other updates from today include:

  • Israeli forces set fire to residential buildings near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

  • A 34-year-old Israeli captive held in Gaza died due to "lack of medicine and food", according to the Hamas movement's armed wing. 

  • Thousands of anti-government demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv calling for elections. 

  • Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he would travel to Washington on Sunday for an official visit, where he will meet with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.