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Here are some of the day's key developments:
Gaza's health ministry said that 40,738 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the enclave since 7 October, 47 of them in the past 24 hours. Additionally, 94,154 were wounded since the start of the war.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called on the head of Israel's labour federation Histadrut to announce a general strike in response to the death of six captives in the Gaza Strip
Israeli police are clashing with protesters on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv as they try to clear the road, with some officers reportedly throwing stun grenades at demonstrators
Over 200 medical teams are dispatched in 28 UN-run health facilities to vaccinate children against polio in the Gaza Strip, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, says
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that over 72,000 children were vaccinated on the first day of the emergency polio vaccination campaign in the central governorate of the Strip
Three Israeli police officers were killed on Sunday morning near Hebron in the occupied West Bank by a former member of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Presidential Guard
According to the Israeli army, the suspect's vehicle followed the car carrying the three officers. After the shooting, the officers lost control of their vehicle, with one officer killed at the scene and two declared dead en route to the hospital
Former US President Donald Trump posted on social media on Sunday that the current crises over captives in Israel is "happening only because Comrade Kamala Harris is weak and ineffective and has no idea what she's doing"
Senior Hamas political leader Khalil al-Hiya told Al Jazeera that there will be no agreement on the release of captives or a ceasefire unless Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza-Egyptian border and the so-called Netzarim corridors that bisects the Gaza Strip in two
Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the deaths of six captives held in Gaza stating they could have been brought back alive. Hayya spoke to Al Jazeera:
- Hayya said that Netanyahu prioritised control over the Gaza-Egyptian border over the captives, sacrificing their case as it didn't concern him
- Hamas had reassured the family of prisoner Hirsch, an American citizen, with Qatari intervention. However, they lost contact with Hirsch and his guards after presenting a video to his family. Hirsch was later found dead
- In May, Hamas agreed to a proposal by mediators to support an agreement, but Israel responded by storming Rafah and its crossing
- Hamas accepted a document presented by President Biden and adopted by the Security Council but only raised enquiries. Netanyahu responded by evading and imposing new conditions
- Netanyahu insisted on maintaining control over the Gaza-Egyptian border and Netzarim corridors and refused to release elderly prisoners serving life sentences
- Hayya emphasised that the negotiations have now centred around Netanyahu's new demands, which Hamas refuses to negotiate
- He reiterated that without Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza-Egyptian border and Netzarim corridors and the Rafah crossing, no agreement would be reached
- Hayya accused the Israeli government of not recognising the Palestinian people's existence, citing ongoing violence and destruction in the West Bank
- He warned that the situation in the West Bank could escalate, with Netanyahu's government aiming to ignite conflict across the region
- The escalation, according to Hayya, is part of Israel's plan concerning Al-Aqsa Mosque and to make Palestinians lose hope of achieving their rights
- Hayya affirmed that Palestinian factions in Gaza and the West Bank are working together to counter Israel's objectives, and the Palestinian people will not surrender
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