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BICOM

Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre

Media Summary

The BBC , The Sun, The Evening Standard, The Financial Times, The Telegraph, Sky News and Reuters all report on the state of ceasefire talks, and that Israel’s war cabinet has been briefed on talks over a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after reports of progress made in talks in Paris on Saturday

The BBC reports on yesterday’s terror attack in Maale Adumim, in which an Israeli man was killed and several others wounded. The attackers fired automatic weapons at vehicles waiting at a checkpoint on a highway outside Maale Adumim.

The BBC, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Sky News, The Daily Mail, The Times and The Telegraph all report that the crew of a Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship off Yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by the Houthi movement.

The BBC, Sky News, Reuters, ITV News, The Telegraph, The Times, The Financial Times and the Independent all report that Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages held in Gaza by March 10th an offensive will be launched in Rafah.

The BBC reports that Khan Yunis’s Nasser Hospital is in “catastrophic” condition after it was raided by Israeli troops following the receipt of intelligence “that Hamas had held hostages there”.

The Independent reports that talks involving the US, Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce ended without a breakthrough as calls grew for Israel to hold back on a planned assault on Rafah.