Asmaa Khalil News Today

Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday and discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, emphasizing the need for de-escalation and a ceasefire, the country’s state news agency said.

A bus carrying Palestinian teenagers released from Israeli prisons arrived in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday evening local time.

Freed Israeli hostage Keren Munder and her family endured days with only pita bread to eat during her captivity in Gaza, her cousin Merav Mor Raviv told journalists Sunday.

A bus carrying Palestinian teenagers released from Israeli prisons arrived in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday evening local time.

American citizens are not expected to be part of the second wave of hostages released Saturday, a US official said.

At least 90 aid trucks have so far entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an Egyptian official at the border told CNN. 

At least 60 Palestinians who had been stranded in Egypt since October 7 have gathered at the Rafah border crossing hoping to return home during the pause in fighting.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has "not been made aware" of any agreement made between Israel and Hamas to allow ICRC staff to visit hostages in Gaza, after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this would be provided for the deal.

The director of Gaza's largest hospital was arrested by Israeli forces, according to a spokesperson for the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. 

The leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah met Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Lebanon on Thursday.