Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress “full of lies”, shows he is not serious about a ceasefire and has “thwarted all efforts to end the war and reach a deal to release hostages”, Reuters news agency reports.

    Protesters gathered in Washington, DC, as Netanyahu addressed US lawmakers, with anger rising over the war on Gaza and failure to agree on a ceasefire deal to free captives.

    The Gaza Government Media Office said Israeli forces targeting “everything that moves” on Khan Younis’s Salah al-Din Street amid reports of medical teams coming under attack from quadcopters while trying to rescue the wounded.

    At least 129 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded in southern Khan Younis since Israel launched its latest attack with about 150,000 residents forced to flee.

    At least 39,145 people have been killed and 90,257 injured in Israel’s war on Gaza. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139 with dozens of people still held captive in Gaza.

    Two more Israeli soldiers seriously wounded in southern Gaza

    Israel’s military has reported that two of its soldiers were badly wounded in battles in the southern Gaza Strip.

    An Israeli paratrooper was “seriously injured” on Wednesday and a member of the Givati Brigade also sustained serious injuries on Tuesday in fighting in the south of the Palestinian territory.

    Both were evacuated to Israel for treatment, the military said.

    According to recent figures released by the military, 683 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 7 with 326 of that total killed in Gaza or along the territory’s dividing fence with Israel since the beginning of Israeli ground operation in the Palestinian enclave.

    Additionally, 2,147 Israeli soldiers have been injured since the launch of the ground offensive against Gaza.

    Pelosi says Netanyahu address the ‘worst’ given by ‘any foreign dignitary’ at US Congress

    US Democratic Senator Nancy Pelosi has described a speech given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington as “by far the worst presentation of any foreign dignitary” ever at US Congress.

    “Many of us who love Israel spent time today listening to Israeli citizens whose families have suffered in the wake of the October 7th Hamas terror attack and kidnappings,” she wrote on X. “These families are asking for a ceasefire deal that will bring the hostages home – and we hope the Prime Minister would spend his time achieving that goal.”

    Earlier, we reported that US Senator Bernie Sanders called Netanyahu a “liar” after the Israeli leader’s speech in which he spoke of a “future of prosperity, security and peace” in Gaza.

    Israeli forces have so far killed more than 39,000 people – mostly women and children – in Gaza and have reduced much of the Palestinian territory to rubble.