Israel says it called off truce talks in Qatar

Al Jazeera update:

ISRAEL has ordered its Mossad negotiating team in Doha to return to Israel due to what it called an “impasse”.

The first batch of aid trucks since the truce ended enters Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

Israeli army says it has hit more than 400 targets overnight, including in the southern Khan Younis area where tens of thousands of civilians evacuated to over the past month.

Israel renews its bombardment of Gaza, hitting areas across the enclave after the end of a week-long truce.

At least 15,207 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at about 1,200.

Israel has ordered its Mossad negotiating team in Doha to return to Israel due to what it called an “impasse”.

“Following the impasse in the negotiations and at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, David Barnea, head of the Mossad, ordered his team in Doha to return to Israel,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.

It said that Hamas “did not fulfill its part of the agreement, which included the release of all children and women according to a list that was forwarded to Hamas and approved by it”.

“The head of Mossad thanks the head of the CIA, the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence and the Prime Minister of Qatar for their partnership in the tremendous mediation efforts that led to the release of 84 children and women from the Gaza Strip in addition to 24 foreign citizens,” it added.