The essentials of the day: 

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent “successful” hernia surgery, according to a statement from his office released Monday.

  • Negotiations were to resume in Cairo for a truce between Israel and Hamas. Despite the efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, discussions are stalling, with the Jewish state and the Palestinian Islamist movement passing the responsibility for this impasse to each other.

The essentials of the day before:

  • An Israeli airstrike hit tents inside al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza on Sunday, killing two Palestinians and injuring 15 others. Israel says it targeted an "Islamic Jihad command center" and assures that "the Al-Aqsa hospital building was not damaged and its function was not affected."

  • Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Sunday evening to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • In Israel, families of hostages have called for a mass rally in front of Parliament in Jerusalem next week. Around 250 people were kidnapped and taken to Gaza during the bloody attack on October 7, and 130 of them are still hostages, of whom 34 have died, according to Israel.

  • The Hamas Ministry of Health announced on Sunday a new toll of 32,782 people killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement. In 24 hours, 77 additional deaths were recorded, according to a press release from the ministry, which reports 75,298 injured in nearly six months of war.

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 Gaza Health Ministry 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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