Updates: Israel to send delegation to Doha amid Gaza ceasefire uncertainty

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• Israel will send a delegation to Qatar’s capital on Monday to advance ceasefire negotiations after accepting an invitation from the mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
• Several Palestinians were wounded this evening as they were attacked by armed Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area, in the occupied West Bank.
• The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the UK issued a joint statement in support of the Arab initiative for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, adopted at an emergency summit in Cairo earlier this week.
• Protesters demanding the continuation of the release of captives as per the Gaza deal gathered in various Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv, according to the Israeli media.
• A fire broke out in a Gaza warehouse containing food supplies, the enclave’s civil defence said.

Lebanon’s Finance Minister Yassine Jaber told Al Jazeera that the government has not yet secured the funds needed to rebuild the country after last year’s war between Israel and Hezbollah.

The World Bank estimates that direct losses caused by Israel’s months-long bombing campaign on Lebanon amount to at least $6.5bn.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from one destroyed village in southern Lebanon.

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Saeed Abdul Ghafoor, a Palestinian boy, survived Israel’s war on Gaza but could not escape the bombs it left behind.

A bulldozer was clearing the rubble so his family could set up a tent, when an explosion happened, injuring Saeed and his brother.

Saeed lost his left eye.

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has called for a resolution to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza based on international law.

“During this holy month of Ramadan for the entire Islamic world, we hope for the resolution of the disturbing humanitarian situation in Gaza and the Middle East, guided by the principles of international law,” Bayramov said on X.

The United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory has said that Israel is “targeting Palestinians as a people, and this is what defines the crime of genocide”, according to the Palestinian media.

In an interview with Palestine TV, Albanese stressed that while she does not believe Israel wants to kill every Palestinian, the aim is to annihilate the concept of Palestinian existence in the occupied territory.

“Israel has violated the UN Charter, and it must be held accountable for its actions,” she said.

Albanese added: “I have called for the suspension of Israel’s credentials in the UN because of its disregard for international rules and laws. Israel has destroyed or damaged UN premises, targeted shelters, and accused the UN of terrorism.”

Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, is facing an extreme shortage of essential supplies after Israel blocked all deliveries of food, fuel and medicine for the seventh consecutive day.

With basic goods becoming scarce and unaffordable, many rely on aid for survival.

The United Nations and other humanitarian organisations have warned of the looming threat of famine.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Khan Younis:

The Israeli army is currently carrying out numerous raids on the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, as we’ve been reporting.

In the village of Kafr Qaddum, according to the Wafa news agency, clashes broke out between locals and the Israeli army when soldiers stormed the town and took up positions near Omar bin al-Khattab Mosque.

The soldiers fired sound grenades and tear gas at residents. Injuries have not been reported so far.

Mahmoud Mardawi, a senior Hamas official, says reports suggesting the group sent a message to the mediators that says that “it is open to a temporary truce in Gaza is incorrect”, according to the official Telegram channel of Hamas.

Mardawi was quoted as saying: “Hamas confirms its full commitment to the agreement that was reached, with the necessity of moving to the second phase negotiations according to the agreed upon specifications, and that this news is incorrect and has no connection to reality.”

Here’s a roundup of the latest Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting, in the towns of:

• Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem
• Beit Rima and Kafr Ein near the city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank
• Burqa and Beita in the Nablus district
• Arrabeh, southwest of Jenin
• The villages of Asla and Ezbet al-Tabib, east of Qalqilya
• The Thinnabeh suburb east of Tulkarem

A statement on X says the devices have been found on the outskirts of the town of Kfarchouba.

The brief statement added that specialised military units were called to dismantle the devices.

Several Palestinians were wounded this evening as they were attacked by armed Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.

Activist Osama Makhamra told the agency that settlers from the Susya settlement, illegally built on the land of Masafer Yatta, attacked Palestinian residents of the Wadi Jahish community, including women and children, at the time of Iftar.

The settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, assaulted the residents with batons, causing injuries.

Israeli forces, meanwhile, detained Ahmed Khaled al-Najjar, a man with a disability, while he was tending to his sheep near his home in the al-Qawwais area of Masafer Yatta.

Earlier today, local residents told Al Jazeera that Israeli troops had stormed the village following settler attacks at the start of the day and arrested three Palestinians.

According to a report by the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC), Israeli forces and settlers carried out 1,705 attacks against Palestinians and their property in February, Wafa reports.

An Israeli drone attack on a bulldozer in Beit Hanoon in northern Gaza has left seven Palestinians injured.

Bulldozers, which are scarce in Gaza, are essential for clearing rubble, making roads accessible and uncovering bodies buried under debris from Israeli strikes.

Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif reports from Beit Hanoon.

Eliya Cohen has also thanked Israeli protesters for fighting for his freedom in a video message to demonstrators at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, according to the Israeli media.

“We have an opportunity to return everyone. You successfully brought me back, you can bring back everyone: Those who are alive and the dead,” he was quoted as saying.

“There are people there sitting underground and are simply waiting to go home. You don’t know what they are experiencing.”

Cohen also urged politicians to compromise in the negotiating room and bring everyone home.

Many displaced Palestinians who returned to find their homes in ruins say waiting for help to arrive isn’t an option. Instead, they are finding whatever materials they can to build rooms and shelter in the winter months.

Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim Al Khalili has this report from Gaza:

The foreign ministers of the four countries have issued a joint statement in support of the Arab initiative for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, adopted at an emergency summit in Cairo earlier this week.

“The plan shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and promises – if implemented – swift and sustainable improvement of the catastrophic living conditions for the Palestinians living in Gaza”, the statement reads.

“We are clear that Hamas must neither govern Gaza nor be a threat to Israel any more. We explicitly support the central role for the Palestinian Authority and the implementation of its reform agenda”, the statement adds.

The Arab plan did not explicitly exclude Hamas, but rather called for swift elections to determine control of the Palestinian territories. Hamas welcomed these calls for elections days ago, signalling they may be acceptant of stepping down from control of Gaza.