Dr. Paul Ransom of the British humanitarian medical NGO UK-Med, assisted by native medical employees, treats sufferers at a area hospital in Muwasi, close to Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.
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The demise toll within the Israel-Hamas battle has topped 66,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Well being Ministry stated Sunday, a day earlier than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White Home for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on halting Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza Metropolis.
Israeli safety forces in the meantime shot lifeless the alleged attacker in a car-ramming incident through which a person was significantly injured at a highway junction close to Nablus within the West Financial institution. The assault was praised by Hamas. Violence has surged within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, which alongside Gaza and east Jerusalem was captured by Israel within the 1967 Mideast battle and the Palestinians need for a future state.
Netanyahu has come beneath heavy worldwide stress to finish the battle. Key Western allies have joined a rising record of nations recognizing a Palestinian state over Israeli objections. The European Union is contemplating sanctions and there are rising strikes for a sports activities and cultural boycott towards Israel.
After dozens of delegates poured out of the corridor, a defiant Netanyahu advised fellow world leaders Friday on the U.N. Basic Meeting that his nation “should end the job” towards Hamas in Gaza as his army pressed on with an offensive in Gaza Metropolis.
Trump has to date stood behind Israel. However the U.S. chief has proven indicators of impatience these days, notably after Israel’s bombing of Qatar earlier this month in what seems to have been a failed try to kill Hamas’ management. In Monday’s White Home assembly, Trump is anticipated to share a brand new proposal for ending the battle.
Forty-eight hostages are nonetheless held captive in Gaza, round 20 of them believed by Israel to be alive, since an assault by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, triggered the battle. Ceasefire talks have been stalled since Israel’s broadly condemned strike in Doha, Qatar.
Trump’s 21-point ceasefire plan
Trump has floated a 21-point proposal for a right away ceasefire.
The proposal would come with the discharge of all hostages inside 48 hours and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian enclave, in keeping with three Arab officers briefed on the plan. The officers, who spoke on situation of anonymity to debate the continued talks, stated the proposal is just not ultimate and modifications are extremely seemingly.
Trump mentioned the proposal with Arab leaders in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations Basic Meeting.
A Hamas official stated the group was briefed on the plan however has but to obtain an official supply from Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Hamas has stated it is able to “research any proposals positively and responsibly.”
The official stated the group had beforehand stated it was keen to launch all hostages in return for an finish to the battle and an entire withdrawal of Israeli forces from the strip.
US ambassador to Israel will go to Cairo to push for a ceasefire
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, will go to Cairo to fulfill with Egyptian officers to debate the ceasefire in addition to Egypt’s frayed ties with Israel, in keeping with officers.
The U.S. Embassy in Israel stated Huckabee will journey to Cairo as a part of “common diplomatic consultations” between regional companions, although the precise timing was not confirmed.
The connection between Israel and Egypt — the primary Arab nation to ascertain ties with Israel — has unraveled in latest months over Israel’s assault concentrating on Hamas management in Doha and worries that Palestinians squeezed out of the Gaza Strip may flood into Egypt. Israel has additionally expressed concern over an Egyptian army buildup within the Sinai peninsula, a violation of the 1979 peace treaty between the 2 nations.
Nonstop explosions reported in Gaza
Native hospitals in central Gaza stated not less than 10 folks folks have been killed when not less than two strikes hit houses within the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Gaza’s Well being Ministry stated in its each day report the demise toll has climbed to 66,005, with an extra 168,162 wounded because the battle began. Among the many lifeless have been 79 who have been dropped at hospitals up to now 24 hours, it stated.
The ministry, a part of the Hamas-run administration, doesn’t differentiate between civilians and militants in its toll, however has stated ladies and youngsters make up round half the lifeless. Its figures are seen as a dependable estimate by the U.N. and plenty of impartial specialists.
Residents reported listening to sounds of explosions in a single day throughout town, seemingly coming from the demolition of buildings by way of the detonation of explosive-laden automobiles and robots. “They have been nonstop,” Sayed Baker, a Palestinian who shelters near a Shifa hospital, stated of the explosions.
The Israeli army didn’t instantly touch upon the strikes, however stated it struck 140 Hamas army targets over the previous 24 hours, together with militants, statement gear and infrastructure.
Israel’s offensive has destroyed huge areas of Gaza, displaced round 90% of the inhabitants and triggered a catastrophic humanitarian disaster, with specialists saying Gaza Metropolis is experiencing famine.
