The US secretary of state holds call with Israeli war cabinet members Benny Gantz and Yoav Gallant; witnesses report multiple injures and deaths in strikes on Rafah
It’s just gone past 9:30am in Gaza and Tel Aviv. Welcome to our latest live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and the wider Middle East crisis. I’m Yohannes Lowe and I’ll be with you for the next while. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is urging Israel and Hamas to agree a ceasefire and hostage deal, as fresh strikes were reported in Rafah overnight and into Monday morning.
Blinken called Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz and the country’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, to discuss the deal, the state department said in a pair of statements Sunday night. In the calls, Blinken “commended” Israel on the proposal and “emphasised that Hamas should take the deal without delay”. Hamas has said it “views positively” what US president, Joe Biden, described as an Israeli proposal.
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