Gaza’s Ministry of Health said more than 300 had also been injured in the past 24 hours.

The resistance movement says if the attacks on Gaza cease, the captives will be returned safely.

A truce deal to end the Israeli regime’s months-long onslaught on Gaza can be reached with Hamas but prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu “does not want to end the war,” says a former Israeli negotiator.

An Israeli settler who spent months in captivity in Gaza says she was injured in an Israeli attack, rejecting Israeli media reports, which claimed she was beaten and had her hair cut by Gaza resistance fighters.

The Israeli opposition leader has renewed his call for an agreement for a Gaza truce.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination makes it clear that Israel is not interested in a ceasefire with the Palestinian resistance group, says a US-based journalist.

If Tel Aviv, a tourist hotspot, the economic hub and heartbeat of the regime, in an area with foreign embassies, can be hit without interception, then all of the occupied territories are a target.

The embattled Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to US Congress on Wednesday will be marked by protests, boycotts, detours and road closures.

Experts and analysts in the Hebrew media have focused on the new round of negotiations and the positions of Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich, who oppose the deal.

The White House is reportedly worried that the Israeli premier could stage a “politically dicey spectacle” just months ahead of the US presidential election.