JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials vowed on Sunday to press ahead with the offensive on Gaza City, as residents reported heavy air and ground attacks and local authorities said the famine death toll continues to rise.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the assault on the city, which has drawn international alarm and criticism abroad as well as in Israel, will continue. "The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is acting and will continue to act with full force to defeat Hamas, to secure the release of all the hostages, and to bring the war to an end under the conditions set by Israel," he said. (Israel-Gaza Offensive-Famine)
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GAZA -- Hamas said on Sunday that it had agreed to a partial prisoner exchange deal with Israel and was ready for a comprehensive truce deal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected all solutions.
In a press statement, Hamas said Netanyahu's approval of the "Gaza occupation plan" after the movement agreed to the proposal of Egyptian and Qatari mediators last week showed his "insistence on obstructing the agreement." (Hamas-Israel-Truce Deal)
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SANAA -- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa rose to four, with 67 others injured, officials at the Houthi-run Health Ministry told Xinhua Sunday night.
They said the toll could increase, as several of the wounded remain in critical condition.
The strikes, carried out Sunday afternoon, targeted fuel and power stations, the presidential palace complex, and other civilian facilities, according to the Houthis. (Yemen-Israel-Airstrikes)
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KHARTOUM -- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled a hospital in the southwestern Sudanese city of El Fasher and abducted eight civilians from a nearby displacement camp, volunteer groups said on Sunday.
The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement that RSF artillery fire struck El Fasher's Southern Hospital on Saturday morning, wounding a medical worker and six patients, including a child and a pregnant woman. (Sudan-RSF-Attacks) ■
