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06/01/2024June 1, 2024
Gaza death toll rises to 36,379
Israel’s military offensive in has now killed at least 36,379 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s Health Ministry.
There were 95 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that the number of Palestinians injured since the beginning of the war had reached 82,407.
Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza last year, after Hamas and other militant groups staged an attack on southern Israel that resulted in the deaths of some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, on October 7. They also took another 250 people as hostages.
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Skip next section Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers to Gaza
06/01/2024June 1, 2024
Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers to Gaza
president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza to maintain a cease-fire if needed.
It comes after US President Joe Biden outlined a proposal to end .
“When needed and when requested by the UN, we are prepared to contribute significant peacekeeping forces to maintain and monitor this prospective cease-fire as well as providing protection and security to all parties and to all sides,” Prabowo said on Saturday.
Prabowo said Indonesia was ready to “evacuate, receive and to treat” up to 1,000 patients in its hospitals “in the immediate future.”
“In the interests of all sides, we must do our best to achieve a real and lasting solution,” he told the security forum, which was attended by defense ministers from around the world.
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Skip next section Netanyahu says there cannot be a cease-fire until Hamas destroyed
06/01/2024June 1, 2024
Netanyahu says there cannot be a cease-fire until Hamas destroyed
Prime Minister insisted the destruction of was part of Israel’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
A statement from his office said putting a permanent cease-fire in place before Hamas is removed from power, its military structures dismantled, and hostages returned was a “non-starter.”
His remarks come a day after US President Joe Biden outlined a plan Israel had made to secure a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.
The three-part plan would begin with a six-week cease-fire, during which Israel would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza.
Some Israeli hostages taken by Hamas and other militants during their terror attack on Israel on October 7 would be exchanged for some Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
The deal would eventually lead to a permanent cease-fire and a comprehensive reconstruction plan for Gaza.
Hamas — designated a terror organization by the US, Israel and Germany among others — said on Friday it was ready to engage “positively and in a constructive manner.”
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Skip next section Israel’s opposition leader urges Netanyahu to accept ceasefire proposal
06/01/2024June 1, 2024
Israel’s opposition leader urges Netanyahu to accept ceasefire proposal
Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Prime Minister to accept US .
“The government of Israel cannot ignore President Biden’s consequential speech. There is a deal on the table, and it should made,” Yair Lapid wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Lapid said his party would support it even if right-wing factions in the governing coalition rebelled, meaning a deal would likely pass in parliament.
Biden said Friday the first phase of the deal would last six weeks and would include a complete cease-fire and withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas of the Gaza Strip.
This would allow Palestinians displaced by the fighting in the Palestinian territory to return to their homes. Biden also said that this phase would include the release of some hostages by Hamas in exchange for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
The US president said that this would be followed by a second phase in which Israel and Hamas would negotiate a permanent end to hostilities.
This phase would include the release of all remaining hostages.
lo/ab (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
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