Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas views Biden’s truce offer ‘positively’

Hamas says it regards President Joe Biden’s ceasefire proposal “positively”, raising hopes of a halt to Israel’s eight-month war that has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians – mostly children and women.
The United States president says the new Israeli proposal for a Gaza truce is “a roadmap to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages”, adding that “it’s time to end this war”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Israeli military has named three Hamas members it “eliminated” in airstrikes over the past week.

In a situational update, the army said fighter jets on Thursday had hit central Gaza and killed Mansour Adil Mansour Kashlan, who they said was involved in coordinating “terror attacks” in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

Also in central Gaza, Walid Abed Abu Dalal, who reportedly served as the head of the technology department in Hamas’s internal security forces, was killed.

The army said Hamas’ technology department and internal security forces “comprise a significant part of Hamas’ counter-espionage and the ability to attack IDF troops in the Gaza Strip”.

In the Nuseriat area, the army announced it killed Tareq Darwish, a key “operative in Hamas’s Aerial Array of the Nuseriat Battalion,” on Friday.

“Darwish directed and carried out terror attacks against Israel. His elimination took place following Hamas Aerial Array’s terrorist activity over the past month, including attempts to impede IDF aerial operations,” the army said.

Netanyahu insists on ‘Hamas destruction’ as part of Israeli plan to end war on Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists on Hamas’s destruction as part of an Israeli plan presented by US President Joe Biden to end the war on Gaza.

“Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel,” the Israeli leader said in a statement.

Photos: NYPD arrest pro-Palestinian protesters at Brooklyn Museum
Pro-Palestinian protestors try enter the Brooklyn Museum, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 31
Pro-Palestinian protesters try enter the Brooklyn Museum, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, on Friday [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]
Police intervene and arrest several pro-Palestinian demonstrators during a demonstration in Brooklyn to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, especially the latest airstrike on Rafah, in New York, United States on May 31
Police intervene and arrest several pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Brooklyn [Fatih Aktaş/Anadolu]
Police intervene and arrest several pro-Palestinian demonstrators during a demonstration in Brooklyn to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza, especially the latest airstrike on Rafah, in New York, United States on May 31
New Yorkers protested against Israeli attacks on Gaza, especially the latest air strike on Rafah [Fatih Aktaş/Anadolu]
A Pro-Palestinian protestor is detained by New York Police Officers in front of the Brooklyn Museum during a protest, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 31
A Pro-Palestinian protester is detained by New York Police officers in front of the Brooklyn Museum during a protest [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]
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Scenes of smoke rising after rockets fall on illegal Kiryat Shmona settlement
The Israel Broadcasting Corporation has posted a video on X showing damage sustained after a rocket fired from southern Lebanon hit the illegal settlement of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel.

Videos circulated by Israeli platforms on Telegram documented the moment the sirens were activated, as well as sounds of explosions and smoke rising in more than one location in the illegal settlement.

Blinken calls Saudi foreign minister to discuss Gaza ceasefire
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, has received a call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which they discussed the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, the Saudi state news agency says.

‘Major contradiction’ from the US and Israel on latest truce proposal
While Biden talked about Israel withdrawing from more populated areas of Gaza, Abdullah al-Arian, professor of history at Georgetown University, Qatar, says it isn’t known if there is an acknowledgement from the US that Israel will remain occupying parts of Gaza even after the ceasefire is reached.

“I think this is a major sticking point and one that Palestinians have continuously rejected that any part of Gaza should remain occupied,” he told Al Jazeera.

“There’s a major contradiction here and the fact that both the US and the Israeli side have said on the one hand, that they don’t want a future in Gaza in which Hamas has any kind of political role left.

“At the same time, this is an agreement that would have to be reached through negotiations with Hamas, so, how do you do that? How do you eliminate them as a political force and at the same time reach a negotiated solution that is agreed upon by all parties?”

Palestinians return to their homes following the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip, where ground attacks continued for nearly three weeks on May 31, 2024. Palestinians who came to check the condition of their homes were met with heavy rubble instead of their dwellings
Palestinians return to their homes on Friday following the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip, where ground attacks continued for nearly three weeks [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu]
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Prabowo says Indonesia willing to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, says his country is willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if required.

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