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what happened in the last few hours

This Sunday, July 7 at 9:45 pm these are the main news of the day in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza:

After nine months of war in Gaza, Israeli protesters took to the streets and demanded early elections. Israeli protesters took to the streets across the country this Sunday to protest the nine-month-old war in the Gaza Strip and demand the release of hostages as well as early elections. Protesters have blocked rush-hour traffic at major intersections across the country and staged sit-ins outside the homes of several members of the government.

Israeli president urges Netanyahu to reach hostage deal. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has urged his country’s government to reach a deal with Hamas that allows the rescue of 116 hostages the Islamist group has held captive in the Strip for nine months. “The whole country wants their return and the absolute majority supports a deal that includes the release of the hostages. The state’s duty is to return them and that is at the heart of the consensus,” Herzog said.

Egypt will host delegations from the US and Israel to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza, according to state television. Egypt will host delegations from the United States and Israel in the coming days to address “pending points” regarding a possible ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian state television Al Qahera News reports.

Gazan officials have raised the number of deaths in the Strip due to Israeli attacks since October 7 to more than 38,100. According to Hamas, which has de facto controlled Gaza since 2007 and is considered a terrorist organisation by the EU and the US, 87,828 people were wounded in the same period.