Seven people have been killed in Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip since the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement became effective on Oct 10, Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), a Gaza-based rights group, said on Wednesday.
The Israeli Defense Forces have violated ceasefire 36 times in Gaza since its implementation, resulting in deaths and numerous injuries, according to the PCHR.
The PCHR called on the international community to take responsibility and ensure that Israel abides by the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
The first phase of the ceasefire agreement includes Israeli troop withdrawals from Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Younis and the north, and the opening of five crossings for aid, and the exchange of hostages and prisoners.
Hamas announced that it had handed over all 20 of the remaining live hostages, who were captured during the attack on southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have begun releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of the exchange deal.
More than two years of Israeli military operations have devastated Gaza, killing over 67,000 people and triggering famine, according to Gaza's health authorities and UN-backed food experts.
Israel kills 7 more civilians in Gaza despite ceasefire deal
Israel kills 7 more civilians in Gaza despite ceasefire deal
The Taiwan question concerns China's core interests and constitutes the biggest risk in China-U.S. relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday when speaking to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the phone.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that the U.S. side should honor its commitments and make the right choices, opening new space for China-U.S. cooperation and doing its part to promote world peace.
Head-of-state diplomacy has always been the "anchor" of China-U.S. relations, Wang said.
Noting that bilateral ties have generally remained stable under the strategic guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, Wang said it serves the fundamental interests of both peoples and meets the common expectations of the international community.
Both sides should safeguard the hard-won stability, prepare well for key high-level interaction agendas, expand areas of cooperation, manage differences, explore building a China-U.S. relationship that is strategic, constructive and stable, and achieve mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.
For his part, Rubio said that the U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world, and head-of-state diplomacy is at the core of the relationship.
Both sides should maintain communication and coordination, respect each other, properly handle differences, accumulate achievements for high-level interactions between the United States and China, and seek strategic stability in U.S.-China relations, said Rubio.
The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, among others.
Taiwan question constitutes biggest risk in China-US relations: Chinese FM
