White House envoy Steve Witkoff said in a statement on Saturday that Hamas' response to his ceasefire and hostage deal proposal is "totally unacceptable and only takes us backward." Why it matters: Hamas didn't accept Witkoff's proposal as a basis for negotiations and demanded numerous changes that brought the negotiations once again to a deadlock.

At least 31 people have been killed and more than a hundred injured in an incident at an aid distribution centre, the Hamas-run health ministry says.

The nearly three-month Israeli blockade on Gaza has pushed the population of over 2 million to the brink of famine.