The Israeli military said it struck 130 targets across the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, in strikes that targeted Hamas command and control structures, storage facilities, weapons and launchers, according to the AP report.
Netanyahu’s office announced late Saturday that an Israeli negotiating team would travel to Qatar on Sunday for ceasefire talks. But at the same time it said Hamas had requested amendments to the truce proposal that were “unacceptable to Israel.”
The Israeli statement came after Hamas said it was “seriously ready to enter immediately into a round of negotiations” for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Palestinian militant group said in a statement late Friday that it had given a “positive response” to the U.S.-brokered proposal.
Trump said on Friday that there could be a ceasefire deal in the coming week.
Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem, meanwhile, reiterated on Sunday the militant group’s refusal to lay down its weapons before Israel withdraws from all of southern Lebanon and stops its airstrikes, the AP reported. He spoke in a video address as thousands gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashoura.
