Ramallah, West Bank – As the war on Gaza enters its third year, Israel killed at least 70 Palestinians over the weekend, adding to a death toll that stands at around 67,000 lives, but which, in reality, is likely several times higher.
Most of the dead this weekend were in famine-struck Gaza City, where the army has pressed a renewed offensive, pushing residents further south and targeting a displacement camp in Al-Mawasi – a designated “safe” zone.
The grim toll underscores how the two-year mark of Israel’s war, labelled a genocide by the UN, is arriving amid intensifying military operations, deepening humanitarian collapse, and high-stakes diplomacy.
The 20-point peace plan announced by US President Donald Trump last week is the most significant diplomatic initiative so far to end the war, but much uncertainty remains.
Israel says it supports the framework, but had insisted on last-minute amendments, while Hamas has signalled a conditional “yes” to some provisions and “negotiations” on others. ….more