Far-right Israeli ministers and ministers belonging to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have attended a conference on the resettlement of Gaza, at which the national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Israelis needed “to find a legal way to voluntarily emigrate [Palestinians],” Haaretz newspaper has reported.

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The conference held in Jerusalem on Sunday was attended by thousands of people including finance minister Bezalel Smotrich as well as other members of the Knesset and coalition government, rabbis, settlement activists and families of soldiers fighting in Gaza.

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In his speech, Ben Gvir said:

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If we don’t want another October 7, we need to go back home and control [Gaza]. We need to find a legal way to voluntarily emigrate [Palestinians] and impose death sentences on terrorists … I turn to you, prime minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu: this is time for brave decisions.

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Members of the Likud party, who have talked openly about the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians since the war began, returned to the theme at the conference, according to Haaretz.

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Communications minister Shlomo Karhi said that in war, “‘voluntary’ is at times a state you impose [on someone] until they give their consent.’”

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Tourism minister Haim Katz meanwhile said that, “Today, after 18 years [from disengagement from Gaza], we have the opportunity to rebuild and expand the land of Israel. This is our final opportunity.”

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Israel has said “significant gaps” remain between the parties after Gaza ceasefire talks initiated by the US, Qatar and Egypt and held at an unspecified location in Europe.

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A statement by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the talks were “defined as constructive”, adding: “There are still significant gaps which the sides will continue to discuss at additional mutual meetings to be held this week.”

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The intelligence summit in Europe – with the participation of Mossad Director David Barnea, ISA Director Ronen Bar, Maj.-Gen, (Res.) Nitzan Alon, the Director of the CIA, the Prime Minister of Qatar and the Egyptian Intelligence Minister – concluded a short while ago.

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The statement did not elaborate on what the gaps were and there were no statements from the other parties.

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The talks have reportedly focused on a pause in Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

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Two gunmen who opened fired inside a Catholic church in Istanbul, killing one person, have been detained, AFP reports. The news agency writes:

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The shooting, condemned by Pope Francis and Turkish officials, was claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in a statement issued on its Telegram channels.

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Two masked men carried out the attack at around 11.40 am (0840 GMT) at the Santa Maria church in the Sariyer district, on the European side of Turkey’s largest city, interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media.

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Turkish officials said it looked like a targeted attack against one person rather than against the Catholic church.

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The minister said an individual initially identified only as CT was the target of the gun attack and had lost his life. He was among those attending Sunday’s service.

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Turkish police detained the two suspects as they fled the scene, Yerlikaya announced late on Sunday, identifying the victim as Tuncer Cihan.

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Istanbul governor Davut Gul said there had been no other injuries.

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Local officials said around 40 people attended the mass including Poland’s consul general in Istanbul Witold Lesniak and his family.

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They also suggested that, but for a weapons malfunction, there might have been more casualties.

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Here is where the day stands:

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• Three US service members have been killed during an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces in north-east Jordan near the Syria border on Saturday night. In a statement released on Sunday, Joe Biden said that while an investigation into the attack remains underway, the US knows “it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq”. Biden added that many others were wounded.

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• The US will respond to the attack on its troops over the weekend, Biden said on Sunday. During a campaign event at South Carolina on Sunday following the attack which killed three US service members and injured dozens others, Biden said: “We shall respond.” Biden also went on to ask for a moment of silence.

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• US central command (Centcom) said that it is currently withholding the identities of the service members killed in Saturday night’s attack until 24 hours after their families have been informed. In a statement released on Sunday, Centcom said: “As a matter of respect for the families and in accordance with DoD [Department of Defense] policy, the identities of the service members will be withheld until 24 hours after their next of kin have been notified.”

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• US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has responded to the attacks on US troops in Jordan, saying: “Iran-backed militias are responsible for these continued attacks on US forces, and we will respond at a time and place of our choosing.”

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• Jordan has condemned the “terrorist attack” on a military advance post along the border with Syria, Reuters reports. It added that it is cooperating with the US to secure the border and fight terrorism.

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• A senior official with Hamas, Sami Abu Zuhri, said that last night’s attacks on US forces were tied directly to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza which have killed more than 26,000 Palestinians since last October. Speaking to Reuters, Abu Zuhri said: “The killing of three American soldiers is a message to the US administration that unless the killing of innocents in Gaza stops, it must confront the entire nation.”

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The US will respond to the attack on its troops over the weekend, the US president said on Sunday.

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During a campaign event at South Carolina on Sunday following the attack which killed three US service members and injured dozens others, Biden said: “We shall respond.”

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Biden also went on to ask for a moment of silence.

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Biden added that many others were wounded.

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Jill and I join the families and friends of our fallen—and Americans across the country – in grieving the loss of these warriors in this despicable and wholly unjust attack …

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We will carry on their commitment to fight terrorism. And have no doubt – we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing.

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At least 34 personnel are being evaluated for possible traumatic brain injury, according to a US official, Reuters reports.

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The attacks mark the first fatalities of US troops in the region since Israel’s war in Gaza began on 7 October.

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• The White House said there was no change in its Israel policy after NBC News reported the US was discussing using weapon sales to Israel as leverage to convince the Israeli government to scale back its war in Gaza.

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• The UK’s defence secretary, Grant Shapps, said the UK remained “undaunted” after Houthis targeted the HMS Diamond in the Red Sea during their latest round of strikes. Crew on the ship shot down a drone deployed by the Yemen-based group, which appears undeterred despite UK-US military action against the rebels earlier this week. No injuries or damage were sustained, the Ministry of Defence said.

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• Gaza’s health ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qidra, was quoted by Reuters as saying there was “a complete failure of the healthcare system at Nasser and al-Amal hospitals”. Palestinian medics and residents said Israel continued to bomb areas around the two main hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said medical teams at Amal hospital would be unable to perform surgeries because oxygen supplies were depleted.

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• At least 26,422 Palestinians have been killed and 65,087 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said on Sunday. Over the past day, 165 Palestinians were killed and 290 injured, the ministry added.

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• The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has pleaded for donor states to “guarantee the continuity” of the body’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after several halted funding over accusations of staff involvement in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, criticised these comments, saying the UN chief had repeatedly ignored “evidence” presented to him regarding UNRWA’s involvement in “incitement and terrorism”.

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• Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said that “lifesaving aid” in Gaza is being threatened by donors “recklessly suspending aid” to UNRWA. Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland joined the United States, Australia and Canada in pausing funding to the agency. Also voicing concern, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, warned that the decision to pause funding to UNRWA “overtly defies” the order by the international court of justice to allow “effective humanitarian assistance” to reach Palestinian people in Gaza.

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• Talks aimed at brokering a fresh agreement to release further Israeli hostages in Gaza in exchange for a pause in fighting are expected as US, Qatari, Israeli and Egyptian officials meet in France. The Associated Press reported that US negotiators including the CIA director, Bill Burns, have provided a framework for negotiations focused on a two-month pause in fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas.

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A UN expert has warned that countries pausing funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees were breaching a international court of justice order to provide effective aid in Gaza.

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Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland joined the United States, Australia and Canada in pausing funding after UNRWA revealed an investigation had been launched into 12 members of staff who allegedly took part in the 7 October attack led by Hamas that killed 1,140 people.

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Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, warned that the decision to pause funding to UNRWA “overtly defies” the order by the ICJ to allow “effective humanitarian assistance” to reach Palestinian people in Gaza.

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“This will entail legal responsibilities – or the demise of the (international) legal system,” she wrote on X.

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Defunding UNRWA at this critical time overtly defies @ICJ’s order to allow effective humanitarian assistance “to address the adverse conditions of life faced by Palestinians in Gaza”. This will entail legal responsibilities – or the demise of the int’l legal system. https://t.co/xEc80VaMEO

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) January 28, 2024

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A British warship, the HMS Diamond, repelled a drone attack on Saturday from Yemen’s Houthi group in the Red Sea, British officials have said.

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The Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Sunday:

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Deploying her Sea Viper missile system, Diamond destroyed a drone targeting her with no injuries or damage sustained to Diamond or her crew.

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These intolerable and illegal attacks are completely unacceptable and it is our duty to protect the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.

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• Gaza’s health ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qidra, was quoted by Reuters as saying “there is a complete failure of the healthcare system at Nasser and al-Amal hospitals”. Palestinian medics and residents said Israel continued to bomb areas around the two main hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said medical teams at Amal hospital would be unable to perform surgeries because oxygen supplies were depleted.

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• At least 26,422 Palestinians have been killed and 65,087 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said on Sunday. Over the past day, 165 Palestinians were killed and 290 injured, the ministry added.

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• The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has pleaded for donor states to “guarantee the continuity” of the body’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after several halted funding over accusations of staff involvement in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel. Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, criticised these comments, saying the UN chief had repeatedly ignored “evidence” presented to him regarding UNRWA’s involvement in “incitement and terrorism”.

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• Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said that “lifesaving aid” in Gaza is being threatened by donors “recklessly suspending aid” to UNRWA. Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland joined the United States, Australia and Canada in pausing funding to the agency.

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• Talks aimed at brokering a fresh agreement to release further Israeli hostages in Gaza in exchange for a pause in fighting are expected as US, Qatari, Israeli and Egyptian officials meet in France. The Associated Press reported that US negotiators including the CIA director, Bill Burns, have provided a framework for negotiations focused on a two-month pause in fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas.

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Gaza’s health ministry spokesperson, Ashraf Al-Qidra, has been quoted by Reuters as saying “there is a complete failure of the healthcare system at Nasser and al-Amal hospitals”.

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Palestinian medics and residents said Israel continued to bomb areas around the two main hospitals in the southern city of Khan Younis.

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As we reported earlier, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said medical teams at Amal hospital would be unable to perform surgeries because oxygen supplies were depleted.

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Nasser hospital was reportedly completely without power overnight. In a statement released on Friday, Médecins Sans Frontières said:

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Amid ongoing heavy fighting and bombing in Khan Younis, south Gaza, Palestine/OPT, vital medical services have collapsed at Nasser hospital, currently the largest functioning health facility in the enclave. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) deplores a situation in which people have been left with no options to go for treatment in case of a large influx of war wounded…

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Between 300 and 350 patients remain at Nasser hospital, unable to evacuate because it is too dangerous and there are no ambulances. These patients have war-related injuries such as open wounds, lacerations from explosions, fractures, and burns.

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Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, has said that “lifesaving aid” in Gaza is being threatened by donors “recklessly suspending aid” to UNRWA, theUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

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“UNRWA has rightly terminated the contracts of those alleged to violate our neutrality principle,” he wrote on X.

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“Donors, do not starve children for the sins of a few individual aid workers.”

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UNRWA’s lifesaving aid in Gaza threatened by donors recklessly suspending aid. UNRWA has rightly terminated the contracts of those alleged to violate our neutrality principle. Donors, do not starve children for the sins of a few individual aid workers. https://t.co/nUbeX2Iwrp

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At least nine countries, including top donors the US and Germany, have paused funding after UNRWA revealed an investigation had been launched into 12 members of staff who allegedly took part in the 7 October attack led by Hamas that killed 1,140 people.

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Aid officials have warned the risk of deaths from preventable disease, as well as the risk of famine, are growing as the flows of aid like food and medicine into the territory is a fraction of what it was before the war.

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Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are now reliant on the aid UNRWA provides, including about one million who have fled Israeli bombardments sheltering in its facilities, according to Reuters.

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Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, has criticised the UN’s secretary general, António Guterres, over his call for donor states to “guarantee the continuity” of UNRWA (see post at 07.32 for more details).

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It came after Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland joined the United States, Australia and Canada in pausing funding after UNRWA revealed an investigation had been launched into 12 members of staff who allegedly took part in the 7 October attack led by Hamas that killed 1,140 people.

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Erdan said the UN chief had repeatedly ignored “evidence” presented to him regarding UNRWA’s involvement in “incitement and terrorism”.

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“Every country that continues to fund UNRWA before a comprehensive investigation of the organisation should know that its money might be used for terrorism, and the aid that will be transferred to UNRWA may reach the Hamas terrorists instead of the people of Gaza,” he wrote on X on Sunday.

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The UN Secretary-General has proven once again that the security of the citizens of Israel is not really important for him. After years in which he ignored the evidence presented to him personally about UNRWA’s support and involvement in incitement and terrorism, and before he… pic.twitter.com/L8DfdUSeYG

— Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) January 28, 2024

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“The abhorrent alleged acts of these staff members must have consequences,” Guterres said in a statement.

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“But the tens of thousands of men and women who work for UNRWA, many in some of the most dangerous situations for humanitarian workers, should not be penalized. The dire needs of the desperate populations they serve must be met,” he added.

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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says that medical teams at the al-Amal hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis cannot perform surgical operations due to “oxygen depletion”.

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🚨The PRCS warns of the inability of medical teams at Al-Amal Hospital in #KhanYunis to perform surgical operations due to oxygen depletion.#ALAmalHospital #Gaza
#NotATarget ❌#IHL pic.twitter.com/keAJoZ7yHq

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The PRCS on Saturday condemned the siege and targeting of al-Amal hospital and its branch headquarters in Khan Younis for the sixth consecutive day.

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In a statement posted to X, the PRCS said: “The occupation continues to bombard the vicinity of the hospital and open fire, jeopardising the safety of medical staff, the wounded, patients, and approximately 7,000 displaced individuals who sought refuge there to escape Israeli bombardment.”

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Since the beginning of the “continuous targeting” of al-Amal hospital and the PRCS’s headquarters for about four weeks, dozens of people had been killed and injured inside the facilities and surrounding areas, it added.

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At least 26,422 Palestinians have been killed and 65,087 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said on Sunday.

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Over the past day, 165 Palestinians were killed and 290 injured, the ministry added.

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Most of the casualties have been women and children, the ministry has said, and thousands more bodies are likely to remain uncounted under rubble across Gaza.

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The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has pleaded for donor states to “guarantee the continuity” of the body’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after several halted funding over accusations of staff involvement in Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel.

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Agence France-Presse reports Guterres said in a statement on Saturday:

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While I understand their concerns – I was myself horrified by these accusations – I strongly appeal to the governments that have suspended their contributions to, at least, guarantee the continuity of UNRWA’s operations.

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Israel has alleged several UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas’s attack, leading some key donor countries to suspend their funding.

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UNRWA fired several staff over Israel’s accusations, promising a thorough investigation into the claims, which were not specified, while Israel vowed to stop the agency’s work in Gaza after the war.

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The row between Israel and UNRWA follows the UN’s international court of justice ruling on Friday that Israel must prevent possible acts of genocide in the conflict and allow more aid into Gaza.

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Guterres said:

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The abhorrent alleged acts of these staff members must have consequences. But the tens of thousands of men and women who work for UNRWA, many in some of the most dangerous situations for humanitarian workers, should not be penalised.

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The dire needs of the desperate populations they serve must be met.

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Guterres confirmed that 12 UNRWA employees were cited in the accusations, which the UN is investigating. Nine have been fired, one was dead and the “the identity of the two others is being clarified”, he said.

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Several key donor countries to UNRWA have said they will temporarily suspend their current or future following accusations, including the US, the UK, Canada and Switzerland.

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Hamas hit out against Israeli “threats” against UNRWA on Saturday, urging the UN and other international organisations not to “cave in to the threats and blackmail”.

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US negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages captured in the 7 October attack on Israel, according to two senior administration officials, Associated Press reports.

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The officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive discussions, said on Saturday that emerging terms of the yet-to-be sealed deal would play out over two phases.

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In the first phase, fighting would stop to allow for the remaining women, elderly and wounded hostages to be released by Hamas.

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Israel and Hamas would then aim to work out details during the first 30 days of the pause for a second phase in which Israeli soldiers and civilian men would be released. The emerging deal also calls for Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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The Guardian has not confirmed the terms of the potential agreement and Israel and Hamas have not commented on it.

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The AP report continues:

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While the proposed deal would not end the war, US officials are hopeful that such an agreement could lay the groundwork for a durable resolution to the conflict.

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The New York Times first reported on Saturday that progress has been made towards an agreement for a pause in fighting in exchange for the remaining hostages.

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The CIA director, Bill Burns, is expected to discuss the contours of the emerging agreement when he meets on Sunday in France with David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Qatar’s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Egypt’s intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, for talks centred on the hostage negotiations.

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President Joe Biden spoke on Friday with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, and Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, by phone, with the calls with both leaders focusing on the hostage situation.

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The White House said in a statement about Biden’s call with the Qatari leader:

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Both leaders affirmed that a hostage deal is central to establishing a prolonged humanitarian pause in the fighting and ensure additional life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches civilians in need throughout Gaza. They underscored the urgency of the situation, and welcomed the close cooperation among their teams to advance recent discussions.

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Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and the wider Middle East crisis. I’m Adam Fulton, it’s 8.35am in the Gaza Strip and Tel Aviv and here’s a rundown on the latest news to this minute.

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US negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages, Associated Press reports two senior Biden administration officials as saying.

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The officials, who requested anonymity, said on Saturday that the emerging terms of the yet-to-be sealed deal would play out over two phases. In the first, fighting would stop to allow for the remaining women, elderly and wounded hostages to be freed.

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Israel and Hamas would then aim to work out details during the first 30 days of the pause for a second phase in which Israeli soldiers and civilian men would be released, the report said. The emerging deal also reportedly calls for Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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The director of the CIA is expected to discuss the prospective agreement when he meets on Sunday in France with the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the Qatari prime minister and Egypt’s intelligence chief for talks.

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The Guardian has not confirmed the terms of the potential agreement and Israel and Hamas have not yet commented on it.

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More on that shortly. In other key developments:

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• The decision by the US, UK and other western nations to freeze ­funding for the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees will significantly worsen the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians have warned. Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland joined the US, Australia and Canada in pausing funding after UNRWA, the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine, revealed that an investigation had been launched into 12 members of staff who allegedly took part in the 7 October attack led by Hamas that killed 1,140 people.

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• Israel’s foreign minister said his country would seek to stop the UNRWA from operating in Gaza after the war. Israel was aiming to ensure “UNRWA will not be a part of the day after”, Israel Katz said on Saturday.

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• Hamas said Israel was on a “campaign of incitement” against UN agencies delivering aid to Palestinians in Gaza. A statement by the militant group highlighted an Israeli accusation of “collusion” between the World Health Organisation and Hamas, which the UN agency rejected on Friday.

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• The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has increased public pressure on Qatar to help secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza. Asked about his closed-door remarks, an audio recording of which was leaked to Israeli TV this week, that he was refraining from thanking Qatar for its mediation and deemed it “problematic”, Netanyahu told reporters: “I take back nothing.”

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• The Palestinian foreign ministry said an immediate ceasefire was “the only way” to implement Friday’s international court of justice interim ruling. The judgment stopped short of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza but demanded Israel attempted to try to contain death and damage in its offensive. The ministry also condemned what it called the “clear Israeli determination to continue destroying the Gaza Strip and turning it into an inhabitable place”.

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• The US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, pressed China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, to use China’s influence to help rein in Iran’s support for Houthis after their attacks on Red Sea shipping. According to a US official, Beijing has told Washington that it is raising the issue with Tehran. Washington is waiting to see whether China does so and how effective the outreach will be, the official added.

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• Crews extinguished a fire onboard the fuel tanker Marlin Luanda, after the vessel was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, the commodities trader Trafigura said. The firefighting effort was supported by Indian, US and French navy vessels, it added. No casualties or injuries were reported onboard.

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• The Palestine Red Crescent Society on Saturday condemned the siege and targeting of al-Amal hospital and its branch headquarters in Khan Younis for the sixth consecutive day. The “siege and its consequences” were a “blatant violation of international agreements, especially the provisions of international humanitarian law that require the Israeli occupation to respect the Red Crescent emblem”, it said.

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Far-right Israeli ministers attend conference on resettlement of Gaza, ‘voluntary’ transfer of Palestinians

Far-right Israeli ministers and ministers belonging to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party have attended a conference on the resettlement of Gaza, at which the national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Israelis needed “to find a legal way to voluntarily emigrate [Palestinians],” Haaretz newspaper has reported.

The conference held in Jerusalem on Sunday was attended by thousands of people including finance minister Bezalel Smotrich as well as other members of the Knesset and coalition government, rabbis, settlement activists and families of soldiers fighting in Gaza.

In his speech, Ben Gvir said:

If we don’t want another October 7, we need to go back home and control [Gaza]. We need to find a legal way to voluntarily emigrate [Palestinians] and impose death sentences on terrorists … I turn to you, prime minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu: this is time for brave decisions.

Members of the Likud party, who have talked openly about the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians since the war began, returned to the theme at the conference, according to Haaretz.

Communications minister Shlomo Karhi said that in war, “‘voluntary’ is at times a state you impose [on someone] until they give their consent.’”

Tourism minister Haim Katz meanwhile said that, “Today, after 18 years [from disengagement from Gaza], we have the opportunity to rebuild and expand the land of Israel. This is our final opportunity.”

As we reported earlier, it was another deadly weekend for Palestinians in Gaza, with at least 165 Palestinians killed and 290 injured over the past 24 hours, according to the territory’s health ministry.

That brings the total death toll to 26,422 since 7 October, not including the thousands thought to be buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

It is difficult to independently verify details of the dead but the Associated Press reported that at last 17 people were killed in two Israeli airstrikes that hit apartment buildings in central Gaza.

Another Israeli strike hit a building in Zawaida, also in central Gaza, killing 13 people and another strike on an apartment block in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed four people.

Another 10 Palestinians were killed in a strike that hit a residential building in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, AP reported, citing Dr Moataz Harara, a physician at al-Shifa hospital, where the dead were taken.

In addition, Al Jazeera on Sunday reported the killing of two brothers, 13 -year-old Nahedh Barbakh and 20-year-old Ramez Barbakh, who it said were shot dead by Israeli forces on Wednesday on a supposedly safe route while carrying a white flag as they followed Israeli evacuation orders to flee their home in Khan Younis. It was not possible to verify the report.

‘Significant gaps’ remain after Gaza ceasefire talks, Israel says

Israel has said “significant gaps” remain between the parties after Gaza ceasefire talks initiated by the US, Qatar and Egypt and held at an unspecified location in Europe.

A statement by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the talks were “defined as constructive”, adding: “There are still significant gaps which the sides will continue to discuss at additional mutual meetings to be held this week.”

The intelligence summit in Europe – with the participation of Mossad Director David Barnea, ISA Director Ronen Bar, Maj.-Gen, (Res.) Nitzan Alon, the Director of the CIA, the Prime Minister of Qatar and the Egyptian Intelligence Minister – concluded a short while ago.

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) January 28, 2024

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The intelligence summit in Europe – with the participation of Mossad Director David Barnea, ISA Director Ronen Bar, Maj.-Gen, (Res.) Nitzan Alon, the Director of the CIA, the Prime Minister of Qatar and the Egyptian Intelligence Minister – concluded a short while ago.

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) January 28, 2024

The statement did not elaborate on what the gaps were and there were no statements from the other parties.

The talks have reportedly focused on a pause in Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

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In the UK, the Labour MP Kate Osamor has had the whip suspended while she is investigated for saying Gaza should be remembered as a genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day.

The MP for Edmonton in north London is due to meet party whips on Monday after issuing an apology over the message she sent on the eve of the day marking the murder of 6 million Jews during the second world war.

Osamor had distributed the message to her party members, saying Holocaust Memorial Day should be observed, but other genocides should also be remembered – listing Gaza as one of them.

The former shadow development secretary, who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s top team, shared a photograph of herself signing the Westminster remembrance book of the Holocaust Educational Trust.

She also wrote that there was an ‘“international duty” to remember the victims of the Holocaust, as well as “more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and now Gaza”.

Gunmen captured after deadly attack on Catholic church in Istanbul

Two gunmen who opened fired inside a Catholic church in Istanbul, killing one person, have been detained, AFP reports. The news agency writes:

The shooting, condemned by Pope Francis and Turkish officials, was claimed by the so-called Islamic State group in a statement issued on its Telegram channels.

Two masked men carried out the attack at around 11.40 am (0840 GMT) at the Santa Maria church in the Sariyer district, on the European side of Turkey’s largest city, interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media.

Turkish officials said it looked like a targeted attack against one person rather than against the Catholic church.

The minister said an individual initially identified only as CT was the target of the gun attack and had lost his life. He was among those attending Sunday’s service.

Turkish police detained the two suspects as they fled the scene, Yerlikaya announced late on Sunday, identifying the victim as Tuncer Cihan.

Istanbul governor Davut Gul said there had been no other injuries.

Local officials said around 40 people attended the mass including Poland’s consul general in Istanbul Witold Lesniak and his family.

They also suggested that, but for a weapons malfunction, there might have been more casualties.

Israeli forces are raiding the West Bank city of Jenin, Al Jazeera is reporting citing the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

The broadcaster also said clashes had erupted in the village of Muthalath al-Shuhada, south of Jenin and that Israeli soldiers had stormed residential neighbourhoods in the town of Ya’bad, south-west of Jenin.

Israeli forces have repeatedly raided cities and towns across the occupied West Bank since Hamas 7 October attack on Israel.

According to the UN agency Ocha, 361 Palestinians including 92 children have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers as of Friday.

A US Muslim group has criticised former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she suggested, without offering evidence, that some protesters demanding a ceasefire in Gaza could be linked to Russia and urged the FBI to investigate.

Her comments were dismissed as “unsubstantiated smears” by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who said such remarks amounted to dehumanization of the Palestinian people, Reuters reported.

Pelosi made the remarks in a CNN interview after she was asked whether opposition to President Joe Biden’s policy in the war in Gaza could hurt the Democrat in November’s presidential election. She said:

For them to call for a ceasefire is Mr. Putin’s message, Mr. Putin’s message. Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) would like to see.

I think some of these protesters are spontaneous, and organic, and sincere. Some I think are connected to Russia. Some financing should be investigated and I want to ask the FBI to investigate that.

Pelosi’s comments marked the first time a prominent US lawmaker has accused Russia’s leader of backing US protesters calling for a ceasefire.

The Russian embassy in Washington was not immediately available to comment.

Protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza have recently occurred across the US, including near airports and bridges in New York City and Los Angeles, vigils outside the White House and marches in Washington. Demonstrators have also interrupted Biden speeches and events.

The protests have been organised by a range of human rights, Jewish and anti-war activist groups. Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesperson for CAIR, said:

It is unconscionable that an individual with such influence in this nation would spread unsubstantiated smears targeting those who seek an end to the slaughter of civilians in Gaza and a just resolution to that conflict.

CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad added that Pelosi’s comments:

echo a time in our nation when opponents of the Vietnam War were accused of being communist sympathisers and subjected to FBI harassment.

This is Helen Livingstone, taking over from my colleague, Maya Yang.

Summary

Here is where the day stands:

• Three US service members have been killed during an unmanned aerial drone attack on US forces in north-east Jordan near the Syria border on Saturday night. In a statement released on Sunday, Joe Biden said that while an investigation into the attack remains underway, the US knows “it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq”. Biden added that many others were wounded.

• The US will respond to the attack on its troops over the weekend, Biden said on Sunday. During a campaign event at South Carolina on Sunday following the attack which killed three US service members and injured dozens others, Biden said: “We shall respond.” Biden also went on to ask for a moment of silence.

• US central command (Centcom) said that it is currently withholding the identities of the service members killed in Saturday night’s attack until 24 hours after their families have been informed. In a statement released on Sunday, Centcom said: “As a matter of respect for the families and in accordance with DoD [Department of Defense] policy, the identities of the service members will be withheld until 24 hours after their next of kin have been notified.”

• US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has responded to the attacks on US troops in Jordan, saying: “Iran-backed militias are responsible for these continued attacks on US forces, and we will respond at a time and place of our choosing.”

• Jordan has condemned the “terrorist attack” on a military advance post along the border with Syria, Reuters reports. It added that it is cooperating with the US to secure the border and fight terrorism.

• A senior official with Hamas, Sami Abu Zuhri, said that last night’s attacks on US forces were tied directly to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza which have killed more than 26,000 Palestinians since last October. Speaking to Reuters, Abu Zuhri said: “The killing of three American soldiers is a message to the US administration that unless the killing of innocents in Gaza stops, it must confront the entire nation.”

World Health Organization chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has joined UNRWA’s appeals to donors to continue funding the agency for Palestinian refugees.

In a tweet on Sunday, Tedros wrote:

We appeal to donors not to suspend their funding to UNRWA at this critical moment. Cutting off funding will only hurt the people of Gaza who desperately need support.”

We appeal to donors not to suspend their funding to @UNRWA at this critical moment. Cutting off funding will only hurt the people of #Gaza who desperately need support.https://t.co/xx85VOCIjx

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 28, 2024

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Since last October, Israel’s attacks on Gaza have left close to 2 million Palestinians forcibly displaced amid shortages in food, water, fuel and medical supplies.

The UN special rapporteur on the right to food said that the Gaza strip is facing “inevitable famine” due to western countries to pause funding following Israel’s accusations that several of the group’s staff members participated in Hamas’s attacks last October.

The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan and Ruth Michaelson report:

Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, said on Sunday “famine was imminent” and now ‘inevitable’, in a comment following the news that the US and nine other countries were suspending additional funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

‘This collectively punishes over 2.2 million Palestinians,’ he said.

According to the UN secretary-general,António Guterres, 12 UNRWA staff members were identified by Israel, nine of which had been fired, one killed and the identities of two more were being checked. A UN investigation has been launched.

Israel has not publicly shared the details of its allegations against the UNRWA employees, which according to the Axios website were provided by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and internal security service, the Shin Bet. The information ‘pointed to the active participation of UNRWA staffers along with the use of the agency’s vehicles and facilities’, it reported.

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US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has responded to the attacks on US troops in Jordan, saying:

Iran-backed militias are responsible for these continued attacks on US forces, and we will respond at a time and place of our choosing.

Egypt has also condemned the attacks which killed three US troops and injured dozens more, with its foreign ministry saying:

Egypt affirmed its strong condemnation of any terrorist acts that threaten the security and stability of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, expressing full solidarity with Jordan in this delicate situation … Egypt emphasized the necessity of confronting all forms of terrorism and rejecting all manifestations of violence to ensure the stability of the region.