Israel-Gaza updates: IDF to begin daily 'tactical pause' along Gaza aid route
Military action will be paused on the route from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Israel said.
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion.
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Israel won’t send delegation for further talks on deal: Israeli source
Israel will not send a delegation for further talks on a cease-fire deal, an Israeli source confirms to ABC News.
The U.S., Egypt and Qatar are still trying to pressure Hamas to return to the outline of a cease-fire deal presented by President Joe Biden.
Hamas in a statement Thursday said they have "demonstrated, in all stages of negotiations to stop the aggression, the required positivity to reach a comprehensive and satisfactory agreement, based on the fair demands of our people for a definitive cessation of aggression, a complete withdrawal [of IDF forces] from the Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced, the reconstruction and a serious prisoner exchange deal."
WHO, UN warn of 'famine-like conditions' amid rising malnutrition in Gaza
A "significant portion" of people living in the Gaza Strip are "now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions," the head of the World Health Organization said, as neighboring Israel continues to restrict supplies of food and other basic necessities to the war-torn enclave.
"Despite reports of increased delivery of food, there is currently no evidence that those who need it most are receiving sufficient quantity and quality of food," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing Wednesday.
More than 8,000 children under the age of 5 in Gaza have been diagnosed and treated for acute malnutrition, including 1,600 with severe acute malnutrition. But only two stabilization centers for severely malnourished patients can currently operate in Gaza due to insecurity and lack of access, according to Tedros.
At least 32 deaths in Gaza since the war with Israel began on Oct. 7 have been attributed to malnutrition, including 28 among children under 5 years old, Tedros said.
More than 1 million people in Gaza -- half of the territory's population -- are "expected to face death and starvation by the middle of July," according to the most senior official dedicated to humanitarian affairs at the United Nations.
-ABC News’ Morgan Winsor
Over 40 projectiles launched from Lebanon toward Israel's northern border: Israeli military
Over 40 projectiles have been launched from Lebanon across Israel's northern border toward the Galilee and Golan Heights area since Thursday morning, Israeli military officials told ABC News.
Two people were hit by shrapnel and wounded in the Golan Heights, according to Israeli Emergency Services.
The Israel Defense Forces said military exercises are continuing in the north to increase readiness.
-ABC News’ Dana Savir, Jordana Miller, Tom Soufi Burridge and Hugo Leenhardt
Inside Hamas’ new demands
Hamas’ new demands in response to the latest cease-fire proposal include an insistence that the timetable be moved up for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from all Gazan territory, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the negotiations.
The official also said that Hamas communicated additional demands for assurances that a lasting cease-fire would be achieved that were not included in the previous version of the agreement.
In the first days of May, Hamas seemingly accepted a hostage deal presented by Qatar and Egypt, only for Israel to say it had not signed off on that draft, sparking mass confusion. Later, Israel did say it would return to the negotiating table, which eventually led to the formation of the proposal on the table.
-ABC News’ Shannon Crawford
IDF counter-terror operation leaves 3 dead, 2 detained, officials say
Israeli forces returned to Jenin, in the West Bank, on Thursday to conduct what they called a "13-hour counter-terror operation" that left three killed, two detained and multiple injured, according to the local Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
The youngest person killed was 19 and the oldest 70, according to the PRCS report.
Bulldozers were filmed in central Jenin, where UNRWA said there was heavy damage, as well as in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, where the Israeli forces say they conducted a "pressure cooker" procedure on a house where they say two senior terrorists were staying.
Two suspects were killed, according to the IDF statement. The PRCS reports three killed and multiple people injured by shrapnel and beating.
The IDF reported two died in the operation.
-ABC News' Camilla Alcini