Israeli forces killed 47 Palestinians and wounded 142 others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said on Friday afternoon. That brings the Palestinian death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, to 65,549, according to the health ministry.

Egypt has said it is working to convince Hamas to accept Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.

A senior Hamas official told the BBC that the group had “serious concerns" about the deal, which demands Hamas disarm and dismantle its weapons stockpile and accept the deployment of an International...