As the ceasefire between Israel and and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas enters its second week, the Gaza Government media office says only 986 aid trucks have entered the besieged territory since the ceasefire. Officials in Gaza said the average number of trucks that have been entering Gaza daily since the ceasefire entered into effect is just 89, considerably less than the 600 trucks that were previously agreed upon. Reports say, Israeli forces have killed at least one person in north Gaza’s Tuffah today, adding to dozens more killed since the ceasefire took effect.

 

 

Meanwhile, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the United States Vice President JD Vance today who is visiting Israel in an effort to take forward Gaza’s fragile ceasefire. Mr Vance said while maintaining the ceasefire is not easy, the United States is optimistic that it is going to hold. 

 

 

Isreali media reports that prominent Jews from around the world in a letter addressed to UN Secretary General António Guterres, have called on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Israel over what they describe as unconscionable actions amounting to genocide in Gaza. Over 450 signatories, including former Israeli officials, Oscar winners, authors and intellectuals have signed an open letter demanding accountability over Israel’s conduct in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

 

 

The letter’s release comes as European Union leaders meet in Brussels tomorrow amid reports that they plan to shelve proposals for sanctions over human rights violations.