Netanyahu meets Trump as Israeli attacks continue in Gaza

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived at the White House for a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Hamas has slammed a statement by the United States that claimed the Palestinian group “uses ambulances and more broadly human shields for terrorism”.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society’s president has called for an independent international inquiry into the “deliberate killing” of 15 humanitarian personnel last month in an attack by Israeli forces in Gaza.

Israel pounds Gaza, bombing a tent housing journalists near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, killing at least two people and wounding nine others.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,695 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 115,338 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.

At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks and more than 200 were taken cap

tive.