by Middle East Eye News Staff at Middle East Eye
- Jordan, Egypt reject Trump proposal to empty Gaza
- Lebanon agrees to extend ceasefire agreement with Israel until 18 February
- Israeli army killed at least 16 in Jenin, report says
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
On Monday evening tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians continued to travel back to their homes in northern Gaza. More than 300,000 Palestinians made the journey to the besieged enclave’s north, Palestinian officials in Gaza said.
Despite the ceasefire, Israel fired on displaced Palestinians. At least one child was killed when Israeli troops shelled a donkey cart in central Gaza.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli fire killed two people on Monday and wounded 17 others in the south in a second day of violence as residents tried to return to border villages.
Here’s what else you need to know about Monday’s developments in Israel’s war on Gaza:
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to travel to Washington DC next week for a meeting at the White House with Presidebt Donald Trump
- An Israeli soldier used the muzzle of his rifle to hit New York Times journalist Aaron Boxerman
- A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Monday for ceasefire talks
- Hamas’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, confirmed that two of its members were killed after Israel launched an air strike on their vehicle in the Nur Shams refugee camp
- Israli attacks on the occupied West Bank are going to deepen suffering and violence on Palestinians, a group of UN special rapporteurs