Evening recap
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
We will be pausing our coverage for the evening. Here is everything you need to know:
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The death toll in the besieged enclave since 7 October 2023 is 54,381, including 4,117 killed since Israel broke the ceasefire on 18 March.
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More than 124,054 Palestinians have been wounded overall. At least 10,000 people are still missing, likely dead and buried under rubble.
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At least 60 Palestinians have been killed and another 284 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the last 24 hours, the enclave's health ministry is reporting.
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Israel has blocked the entry of a delegation of Arab foreign ministers planning to hold a meeting in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media is reporting.
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Hamas announced on Saturday that it has officially responded to the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal brokered by the United States, a plan that has drawn criticism for allegedly favouring Israel.
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Addressing a protest in Haifa on Saturday, Ayman Odeh, a prominent Arab Israeli lawmaker and head of the Hadash movement, called for an immediate end to the war and the creation of a Palestinian state.
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The Israeli army has claimed it killed Mohammad Sinwar, Hamas’s commander in Gaza, during a strike on 13 May.