Hospitals across the Gaza Strip recorded 65 deaths -- including of two aid seekers -- and 153 injuries in the past 24 hours due to Israeli military actions, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported on Sunday.

A total of 67,139 Palestinians have now been killed since the war began in October 2023, the ministry said.

The toll includes 2,605 people who were killed while trying to access food at distribution points across the strip since May 28, the ministry said.

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Egypt will host talks with Israeli and Hamas representatives on Monday to build on the ceasefire "momentum" produced by U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan, according to a statement posted to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's official Facebook account on Saturday.

It is not yet clear where in Egypt the talks will be held. High-level representatives have been travelling to the country in recent days, including Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The talks will include discussions of "the ground conditions and details of the exchange of all Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners," the Egyptian ministry's statement said.

"The meeting is hoped to end the war and alleviate the suffering of the brotherly Palestinian people, which has continued for two consecutive years," it added.

"These consultations come within the framework of efforts to build on the regional and international momentum achieved following the presentation of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip," the statement said.

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces will "increase the intensity of the fire" if Hamas refuses to release all remaining hostages, as heavy strikes continued in Gaza City despite a proposed ceasefire deal.

Speaking at an IDF ceremony on Sunday, Katz said Israelis may hear news of the return of all hostages "soon."

Katz said the IDF is still operating "in the heart of Gaza City." The defense minister suggested that Hamas' apparent receptiveness to U.S. President Donald Trump's peace proposal is due to "the intensity of the pressure that Israel is exerting on Gaza City."

"If Hamas refuses to release the hostages, the IDF will once again increase the intensity of the fire until Hamas is convinced and all the hostages are released," Katz said.

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The foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey released a new statement praising Hamas' response to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to end the war on Gaza.

The ministers "welcomed the steps taken by Hamas" regarding Trump's proposal, "to end the war on Gaza, release all hostages, alive or deceased, and the immediate launch of negotiations on implementation mechanisms," according to the text of the statement published by Qatar's Foreign Ministry.

The foreign ministers also welcomed Hamas' "readiness to hand over the administration of Gaza to a transitional Palestinian Administrative Committee of independent technocrats."

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European Union leaders expressed their backing for the Gaza ceasefire proposal announced by President Donald Trump on Monday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post to X that she would "encourage all parties to now seize this opportunity. The EU stands ready to contribute."

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said the plan "is an opportunity for lasting peace. It offers the best immediate chance to end the war."

"Hamas must now accept it without delay, starting with the immediate release of hostages," Kallas said.

European Council President Antonio Costa said he was "encouraged" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "positive response" to the proposal.

But both Costa and von der Leyen stressed that a two-state solution with the creation of an independent Palestinian state -- something Netanyahu has repeatedly said he will not allow -- is the only viable path to lasting peace.

The proposed plan does not include a clear commitment to a future independent Palestinian state.

The White House draft of the agreement says that, after the redevelopment of Gaza and reforms to the Palestinian Authority, "the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people."