• At least 101 Palestinians were killed, including 27 children and 31 women, in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the announcement of a ceasefire deal that is due to start on Sunday, according to the enclave’s civil defence.
• Israel’s cabinet is expected to convene a meeting today to approve the Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to reports.
• Two of Israel’s far-right, ultranationalist government ministers are threatening to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if the Gaza ceasefire deal is ratified.
• An estimated 15 children per day in Gaza are reported to have sustained war injuries that will leave them with life-changing disabilities, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said.
• Israel’s war in Gaza has killed at least 46,788 Palestinians and wounded 110,453 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.

Trump’s role in Gaza ceasefire fuels Arab American anger with Biden

The incoming US president suggests that he pressured Israel to take the deal, which is supposed to go into effect on Sunday

Washington, DC – When Samraa Luqman voted for Donald Trump in November, she believed that, even if there were a one-percent chance that the former president would push for a ceasefire in Gaza, he would be a better option than the Democrats who had failed to stop the war.

Trump ultimately won that race and is slated to re-enter the White House on Monday. And in the lead-up to his inauguration, Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have agreed to pause hostilities in Gaza, where more than 46,700 Palestinians have been killed in the last 15 months.