By Desmond Nleya
Israeli forces killed at least 53 people in Gaza and 21 people in Lebanon on Sunday as UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed shock at the “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in besieged northern Gaza.
Egypt has proposed a limited two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israelis for Palestinian prisoners as negotiations to end the yearlong war resumed in Qatar’s capital, Doha.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran was not looking for war, but would give an “appropriate response” to Israel’s recent attacks, state media reported.
In Gaza, at least 42,924 people have been killed and 100,833 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.
Source: Aljazeera
