On the 6th (local time), when Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas began indirect ceasefire negotiations, Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip continued without pause.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, which is governed by Hamas, announced in a statement that "82 Palestinian residents were killed by Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours."
Of these, 39 people died in the Sheikh Radwan area of northern Gaza City, and 9 others were killed near a distribution center operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is run by the United States and Israel.
According to the Ministry of Health, at least 743 people have lost their lives near this distribution center alone since GHF began relief operations at the end of May.
Since the start of this war in October 2023, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 57,418, with 136,260 injured. Since the resumption of Israeli military operations following the failure to extend the ceasefire on March 18, 6,860 people have been killed.
Meanwhile, on the same day in Doha, Qatar, indirect ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, mediated by the United States and others, were held, but the two sides failed to narrow their differences and did not reach an agreement.
Amid these developments, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, DC, to hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Before his departure, Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his expectations, saying, "The meeting with President Trump will help advance the negotiations."
President Trump also told reporters, "There is a high possibility that an agreement on multiple hostages will be reached through negotiations with Hamas this week," adding, "There could be significant progress within this week."
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