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Main events on September 7th

  • At least 67 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza today, the majority in Gaza City.
  • Hamas said it remains committed to the mediators’ proposal for a ceasefire announced on August 18, which it had agreed to alongside other Palestinian factions.
  • A group of armed Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian family in the Bir Arka area, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to local reports.
  • The Israeli military has acknowledged it struck the Soussi Tower in Gaza City, displacing dozens more Palestinians, as it continues its campaign to seize the city and forcibly drive all residents south.
  • Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said that government ministers from Netanyahu’s Likud party support taking over the occupied West Bank, and urged the prime minister to move forward with the plan.
  • Police in the UK arrested more than 400 supporters of Palestine Action – a group the government has proscribed under anti-terrorism laws.