Israel-Hamas war

Israel-Hamas war The negotiations
Hamas: Independent government should rule Gaza after war

Hamas proposes an independent government to rule Gaza and occupied the West Bank after the end of the war. This is what Hossam Badran, representative of the Islamist movement's political branch, told the AFP news agency.

The proposal is part of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Israel, Hamas and the mediating countries of the United States, Egypt and Qatar.

- The government of Gaza after the war is a Palestinian affair without any external interference, and we will not discuss what happens after the war in Gaza with any external parties, he says.

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The Israel-Hamas War|The Victims
Naama Levy's family hopeful despite the uncertainty: "I think she will come home soon"

Nine months ago, the 20-year-old Israeli soldier Naama Levy was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz in connection with the Hamas terrorist attack. AP has met with Naama's family who tell us that they chose to keep her bedroom intact.

Today, the bedroom is filled with gifts and photo albums that people have left for her.

Naama's older brother Amit tells the news agency that he usually sleeps in her room when he is feeling down.

- I'm not sad because I always think about her coming home soon, he says.

About 120 hostages remain in Gaza. Israel has expressed concern that several of them may be dead, AP writes.

In the past week, talks on an agreement to end the war have been ongoing in Qatar and Egypt. Hamas representatives say they are ready to release the hostages in the event of a ceasefire agreement.

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Gazans defy Israel's new warnings: "Going nowhere"

During the war between Israel and Hamas, Ahmed Sidu and his family have chosen to stay in Gaza City despite the Israeli military urging people to leave the area. Earlier this week, the army released new leaflets over Gaza City with a warning to residents.

- We are not going anywhere, says Ahmed Sidu to the New York Times.

Large parts of Gaza City have been destroyed in Israeli attacks. The authorities in Gaza state that the situation in an industrial area in the city is "very difficult and tragic" after the Israeli military left the area, writes Al Jazeera. A dozen people are said to have been found dead.

Ahmed Sidu is one of many Gazans who state that he does not want to leave his home, partly because of fear of Israeli soldiers in the humanitarian corridors.

- The fact is that we are killed wherever we are, regardless of whether it is in the north or in the south, he says.

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UN warns: We could lose an entire generation of children

An entire generation of children in Gaza could be lost because of the war. That's what Juliette Touma, head of communications for the UN agency UNRWA, reports SVT Nyheter.

According to Touma, at least 600,000 children in Gaza have not been able to go to school since the war broke out.

- The longer they are away from school, the harder it is to catch up, she says.

She also warns that the children run a greater risk of being exploited, married off or recruited by armed groups.