Militant group blames Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to secure hostage deal for change in stance on hostagesHello and welcome to our live coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza and the wider crisis in the Middle East.Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, has said hostages would return to Israel “inside coffins” if military pressure continued, warning that new instructions were issued in June to militants guarding the captives on what to do if Israeli troops approached.The US president, Joe Biden, said that a “final” deal for the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza was “very close” but that he did not think the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was doing enough to secure such an agreement. Netanyahu, in a press conference, said he did not believe that Biden made those comments.Netanyahu insisted that Israeli forces must retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, which has emerged as a primary sticking point in Gaza ceasefire talks. He described it as “Hamas’s oxygen pipe”.The UK moved to immediately suspend 30 arms export licences to Israel after a review by the government found a “clear risk” that UK arms may be used in serious violation of humanitarian law relating to the treatment of Palestinian detainees and the supply of aid to Gaza.Protests against the Israeli leader’s government suffered a blow yesterday when a court ordered an early end to a general strike. Israel’s biggest trade union, Histadrut, said hundreds of thousands of people joined its strike. Israel’s labour court ruled that the strike, which affected many businesses, schools and transport routes, had to end at 14:30 local time (12:30 BST). It was due to finish at 18:00 local time (16:00 BST).The demonstrations were prompted by the discovery of the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, and brought tens of thousands of Israelis out on to the streets to protest against the government’s handling of the war in Gaza and efforts to release dozens of hostages who remain in captivity.Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv saw some flights delayed, and none at all for two hours leading up to 10am. Tel Aviv and the northern coastal city of Haifa heeded the strike calls, but not all municipalities slowed down or ceased their activities.Further protests took place outside Netanyahu’s residences in Jerusalem and Caesarea.At least 40,786 Palestinian people have been killed and 94,224 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Monday.UN agencies and other organisations will administer polio vaccines to children under the age of 10 in central Gaza today, as the vaccination campaign continues for its third day. The health ministry said about 160,000 children received the first dose of the polio vaccine in the central governorate in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Monday. Continue reading…
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