The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen.
US embassy in Tripoli denies report of plans to relocate Gazans to Libya
The US embassy in Libya denies a report that the US government is working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
On Thursday, NBC News said the Trump administration was working on a plan to permanently relocate as many as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
NBC News cited five people with knowledge of the matter, including two people with direct knowledge and a former US official.
“The report of alleged plans to relocate Gazans to Libya is untrue,” the US embassy said on the X platform.
Unverified report claims Hamas has agreed to release half of the living hostages in exchange for 2-month truce
An unnamed source alleges to Sky News Arabia that Hamas has agreed to release half of the living hostages and return the remains of an unspecified number of dead hostages, in exchange for a two-month ceasefire.
According to the unverified report, Hamas is demanding guarantees from the US that during the two-month ceasefire, talks would be held on reaching a permanent end to the war.
The veracity of the report cannot be confirmed.
Bomb explodes near reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, killing one
A bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, resulting in the death of one person, Mayor Ron DeHarte tells Reuters.
ABC News, citing law enforcement sources and the facility, said at least five people were injured in the explosion.
The Palm Springs City government said in a Facebook post that an explosion occurred before 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (8 p.m. Israel time).
“It has been identified as a bomb that was either in or near the car,” DeHarte says.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Los Angeles says in a social media post that it is investigating the explosion with bomb technicians deployed to the scene.
Palm Springs is about 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has been briefed on the explosion, his office says.
The Associated Press reports that the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic was damaged, but that the staff was safe. The AP attributes the information to Dr. Maher Abdallah.