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Main events on September 7th

  • The US has issued a new ceasefire plan that would see the immediate release of all Israeli captives still held in Gaza in exchange for about 2,000-3,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and a ceasefire in Gaza.
  • Hamas welcomed the proposal in an official statement, while US President Trump claimed that Israel had agreed. Israel has made no official statement.
  • Sources in Gaza hospitals told our team on the ground that at least 65 people have been killed since dawn today, including 49 in Gaza City and in the north of the Strip, where Israel is concentrating its assault.
  • Israel’s prime minister claimed that about 100,000 Palestinians have so far left Gaza City, according to Israeli media reports, as the military pushes forward with plans to seize the city.
  • Israel flattened another residential high-rise in Gaza City, displacing dozens more people and continuing its campaign of destroying the infrastructure there.