Over the past 24 hours, at least 57 people were killed in Gaza due to Israeli airstrikes and while seeking aid. A worsening starvation crisis is evident, with 124 reported deaths from starvation, including 84 children. Israeli strikes continue to escalate, complicating potential ceasefire negotiations that have stalled, following the withdrawal of the US and Israeli negotiating teams. Hamas has denied responsibility for the stalled talks, while the US president attributes the breakdown to Hamas's reluctance to negotiate. Mediators Egypt and Qatar suggest that talks may resume soon.
At least 57 people were killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours, many killed while seeking aid as well as by Israeli airstrikes, with ceasefire talks appearing to have hit a dead end amid a worsening starvation crisis. It has become common for hungry crowds to gather and wait for aid trucks to enter Gaza as mass starvation spreads, which humanitarians widely blame on Israel's blockade on the territory.
At least 124 people have died from starvation in Gaza, 84 of them children, the Palestinian news agency reported. On Saturday morning, an infant died from malnutrition, the third baby to die in 24 hours from hunger.
The US president, Donald Trump, blamed Hamas for the collapse in talks, saying that he did not think the group wanted a deal. Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is considering alternative options to ceasefire discussions.
Trump's remarks are particularly surprising, especially as they come at a time when progress had been made on some of the negotiation files, the senior Hamas official Taher al-Nunu told AFP.
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