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Hamas says Israel is stalling the entry of medical, relief, fuel and construction materials in Gaza, as outlined in the ceasefire agreement.
“We urge the mediators and guarantors of the ceasefire agreement to compel the occupation [Israel] to allow the entry of relief materials according to the agreement, most urgently needed are tents, fuel, food materials, and heavy machinery,” said spokesperson Hazem Qassem.
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian youth during a raid on the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources.
According to the sources, the 27-year-old was shot in the abdomen by Israeli snipers positioned on the rooftops of several homes, shortly after they stormed the camp.
He was transferred to the Beit Fajjar Medical Centre, and pronounced dead shortly after.
The Israeli army has issued a statement claiming that it detonated a residential block of 20 homes in Jenin refugee camp as they were being used for "terrorist infrastructure".
Israeli forces launched its military offensive on Jenin two weeks ago, killing at least 27 Palestinians, including a two year old girl who was shot in the head at home, and a 73-year-old man who was shot this morning.
Israeli forces have forcibly displaced around 15,000 Palestinians from the camp and the al-Hadaf neighbourhood, according to Wafa.
They have also destroyed water supply lines, depriving around 35 percent of the city's population of water.
Israeli forces blew up around 20 buildings in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Wafa new agency is reporting.
According to Wafa, Israeli forces simultaneously blew up the buildings after rigging them with explosives.
The director of Jenin Government Hospital, Wisam Baker, told Wafa that some sections of the hospital were damaged due to the explosions, however, no casualties were reported.
The deputy head of Hamas will lead a delegation to visit Moscow on Monday, the RIA state news agency reported on Sunday, citing a source.
Hamas politburo member, Mousa Abu Marzouk, and his delegation will hold negotiations at the Russian Foreign Ministry, the source in the delegation told RIA.
Reporting by Reuters
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) posted footage on X of its aid trucks entering Gaza via the Rafah border crossing.
“With the power of our state and the support of our nation, we stand with Palestine,” AFAD said.
🇹🇷🇵🇸 Türkiye’nin yardım eli Gazze’de!
— AFAD (@AFADBaskanlik) February 2, 2025
Gazzeli kardeşlerimizin acil barınma ihtiyaçlarının karşılanması amacıyla hazırladığımız 14. #İyilikGemisi bölgeye ulaştı.#AFAD çadır ve battaniyeleri yüklü yardım tırları, an itibarıyla Refah sınır kapısından geçerek Gazze’ye giriş… pic.twitter.com/76rxlxwLsZ
The Palestinian foreign ministry has said “settler militias and their terrorist elements” are increasingly attacking Palestinian citizens and their properties.
In a statement it condemned the surging “aggression of the occupation and its settlers” in the occupied West Bank and called on the international community to intervene.
“The Foreign Ministry views with great concern the colonial projects that fuel this ongoing aggression, and holds the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for its repercussions on the efforts made to establish calm, cease fire, and end the cycle of wars,” it said.
We reported earlier today that settler groups had burned a mosque in a village north of Jericho to the ground.
A child has been killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike on a civilian vehicle west of Nuseirat refugee camp, Wafa news agency is reporting.
The Israeli military issued a statement claiming that aircraft had targeted the vehicle as it did not follow an inspection route laid down by the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted what it described as a "suspicious" vehicle travelling along Gaza's coastal road in the central part of the enclave.
In a statement, it said that fighter jets fired at the vehicle as it did not pass through an inspection route stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.
"The IDF is prepared for any scenario and will continue to take any necessary actions to thwart any immediate threat to IDF soldiers," it said, giving no details on the impact of the strike or on any casualties.
Reporting by Reuters
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— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) February 2, 2025
At least four Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli strike on Sunday on a vehicle on the coastal road west of the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, medics told Reuters.
Medics first announced that a young boy had been killed in the strike, but later said they had managed to resuscitate him.
Reporting by Reuters
After a year and two months of detention, Ahmed Dababesh was released from Israeli prison.
He searched for his wife and daughter, whose faces he had forgotten after the horrors he saw while incarcerated.
On Saturday afternoon, Israel released 111 Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip as part of the first phase of an exchange deal with Hamas.
The released prisoners were arrested after 7 October 2023, and their release came along with 110 other prisoners, including those serving life sentences. Their release came after Hamas freed three Israeli prisoners and provided the name of a sick Israeli prisoner.
According to Israeli data, the number of Palestinians from Gaza detained after 7 October exceeds 3,000, held in several prisons, including secret facilities established after the war.
Read more: Released Gaza prisoners joyous despite torture and loss
Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan said that the Turkish government is "completely opposed' to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries Jordan and Egypt.
Fidan told a joint news conference in Doha with his Qatari counterpart that the proposal is a violation of humanitarian law, adding that Turkey supports Egypt and Jordan's statement rejecting the plan.
A Trump-appointed board member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council launched a vitriolic attack on Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, saying they are "fundamentally evil" and not worthy of "any mercy".
In an editorial in The Jerusalem Post newspaper, Martin Oliner, who was elected to the council just days before the January 6 riots, defended the US president's recent remarks calling for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza to Arab countries such as Egypt and Jordan.
Oliner, who serves as chairman of Religious Zionists of America, president of the Culture for Peace Institute and is also a frequent columnist with The Jerusalem Post, said those concerned with the plight of the Palestinian people should be "gushing with praise for the president for caring enough to find them a positive resolution to their current problems".
He then added: "And those like myself who do not believe Gazans are worthy of any mercy should welcome it as well.
"Let's not mince words here. The people of Gaza are collectively guilty," he wrote, adding: "The actions of the Gazan people prove they need detoxifying education before the reconstruction should even be able to begin. They are fundamentally evil, and they must pay a price for their actions."
Read more: Trump appointee: Palestinians are 'fundamentally evil' and not worthy of 'any mercy'
A Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli forces on Sunday in Tulkarm refugee camp amid the ongoing days-long Israeli assault, Wafa news agency is reporting.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its emergency teams transferred the injured man - who was shot in both feet- to Thabet Thabet Government Hospital.
The Israeli assault on Tulkarm has entered its seventh day, with large numbers of troops deployed and conducting raids on homes and forcibly evicting residents.
Wafa reported, citing eyewitnesses, that Israeli forces are conducting a large-scale campaign of displacement on the camp, compelling many residents forced to flee the city.
The Gaza ceasefire agreement, landing on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, reflected the high priority of this deal for the Trump administration.
But in Israel, it has caused heated debate, with far-right politicians baulking at the prospect. Settlements Minister Orit Strook, who has called for a long-term occupation of Gaza, called the exchange deal a “reward for terrorism”.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s opposition has reportedly held up final approval of the agreement, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has resigned over what he termed a “surrender deal”.
In a last-minute meeting with Smotrich recently, Netanyahu emphasised that Israel must ensure Trump’s continued support, asserting that it is absolutely forbidden to damage our relationship with Trump.
Netanyahu’s position appears to be increasingly aligning with that of the Israeli military, acknowledging that continued bloodshed in Gaza does not enhance Israel's strategic stance, particularly given the rising number of Israeli casualties.
Read more: Gaza ceasefire: Will Trump end Netanyahu's rule? Opinion by Ameer Makhoul
