The essential

  • The discussions that began on Sunday between Egypt, Qatar and the United States – which act as mediators – and Hamas continue on Wednesday in Cairo, still in the absence of Israel which refuses to participate.

  • Israeli military operations have left 30,717 dead in the Gaza Strip, the majority of them civilians, according to the latest report released Wednesday by the Hamas Ministry of Health.

The essentials of the day before

  • Discussions for a truce in Gaza between Hamas and international mediators continued Tuesday in Cairo, without decisive progress.

    Israel has made no comment on the negotiations, including its decision not to participate.

  • One in six children under the age of two suffers from acute malnutrition in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the World Health Organization, which describes a "particularly serious" situation.

  • Tensions continue to rise between the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which has reported “torture” against its employees, and Israel, which has accused this agency of employing “more than 450 terrorists” in Gaza.

With AFP

Please note: the number of victims is provided by the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health.

The ministry collects information provided by hospitals in the enclave and by the Palestinian Red Crescent.

The Health Ministry in Gaza does not indicate how the Palestinians were killed, whether by Israeli airstrikes and/or barrages or failed Palestinian rocket attacks.

It describes all victims as victims of "Israeli aggression" and also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

During the four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, United Nations agencies regularly cited Health Ministry figures in their reports.

The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent also use these figures.

In the aftermath of previous episodes of war, the United Nations Humanitarian Office published casualty figures based on its own research into medical records.

The UN figures largely agree with those of the Gaza Ministry of Health, with a few differences.

To learn more about the reports from the Gaza Ministry of Health, click here or here.

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