83 people have been killed by Israel in attacks in Gaza, and five by starvation

On the day 700 days of the major Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip following the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, at least 83 people have been killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, 31 of whom were in search of food, according to a count by the Gaza Ministry of Health.

To these must be added the bodies of the four people killed in the previous days, who were buried under the rubble and recovered by rescue teams in Gaza.

Since 7 October, at least 64,368 people (18,500 children) have been killed in Gaza, of whom 2,416 have been killed while trying to obtain food in humanitarian aid centres (GHF) run by the controversial Humanitarian Foundation for Gaza or in the vicinity of military posts where the few trucks that manage to enter with supplies.

Similarly, on Saturday, five people (three of them children) died of starvation in Gaza. Since the start of the offensive, 387 Palestinians have died of malnutrition and hunger, 138 of whom were children.

Negotiations and conditions

Meanwhile, Israel, through its Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, has urged Hamas to surrender, hand over all hostages and lay down its weapons, saying that if it did, "the war would end immediately." We would be delighted if we could achieve those goals politically, "he said.

In response, Basem Naim, a member of Hamas's political bureau, defended the Palestinian people's right to "resistance and weapons" on Sunday and said they would not give up until a Palestinian state was established in Jerusalem.

"Until that happens, Hamas is ready to participate in a long-term ceasefire," he added.

According to the leader, Hamas is waiting for Israel to respond to the latest draft for a partial ceasefire and is ready to negotiate a comprehensive agreement that would include the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, an end to the war and the departure of Israeli forces from the Strip.