The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday to discuss calls for “urgent humanitarian pauses” in Gaza
A draft resolution by the United Arab Emirates also calls for the return of hostages and a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians
Reacting, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said anyone who thinks Israel will stop the war before achieving its goals is “not connected to reality”
The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has arrived in Cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire in Gaza
Hamas broke through Israel’s heavily guarded perimeter on 7 October, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages – some of whom were released during a brief truce
Nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed and more than 52,000 injured in Gaza since the start of the war
