(24 Jul 2025)
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Gaza as seen from Southern Israel – 24 July 2025
1. Smoke rising over Gaza skyline, as seen from southern Israel
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A plume of smoke was seen rising over northern Gaza on Thursday as efforts to reach a ceasefire continued.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office recalled the negotiating team back to Israel in light of Hamas’ response Thursday morning.
In a brief statement, the prime minister’s office expressed its appreciation for the efforts of U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and mediators Qatar and Egypt, but gave no further details.
Earlier Thursday, Israel said Hamas’ latest response was “workable.”
This comes five Palestinians were killed in central Gaza late Wednesday, according to the Aqsa Hospital morgue that received the bodies Thursday in the city of Deir al-Balah.
Two people, a man and a woman, were killed east of the city in Israeli tank shelling.
Another person was killed by Israeli troops in a shooting in the Bureij refugee camp, and two others were among a group of people hit by an Israeli strike in Zawaida.
The Israeli military, which has expanded operations in the area in the last few days, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israel’s war in Gaza, launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, has killed more than 59,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Its count doesn’t distinguish between militants and civilians, but the ministry says that more than half of the dead are women and children.
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