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There is not enough evidence suggesting a breakthrough in ceasefire talks “despite some occasional optimism being aired from all sides”, says Dan Perry, an Israel affairs analyst. “We remain where we have been tragically for 19 months now, which is that Hamas refuses to hand over all the hostages without being allowed to remain in power in Gaza … whereas Israel refuses to end the war without Hamas being gone,” Perry told Al Jazeera, speaking from Tel Aviv. “There’s probably still a majority of people in Israeli society willing to end the war right now in exchange for all the hostages,” he added. Perry said a “radical pressure” was needed on all sides to reach a permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas would need to disarm and relinquish power completely and Israel would need to accept that “it will not occupy Gaza and that it will withdraw in favour of the reformed version of the Palestinian Authority”. “Now that is something that the Israeli opposition and the Israeli majority undoubtedly would support,” he said.

Israeli forces have carried out several raids on money exchanges across the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army used live bullets and tear gas as they stormed the city of Nablus. At least 21 Palestinians have been injured. The army also deployed tanks in the cities of Tubas and Hebron. Since the war on Gaza, Israeli army raids and armed settlers’ attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have left 982 people, including children, killed.

A controversial aid group, backed by the US and Israel, says it has begun operations in Gaza, despite objections from the United Nations. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it's now opened its first distribution hubs in southern Gaza. On Sunday, its executive director resigned, saying the mission couldn't adhere to humanitarian principles. The UN and other aid groups say the scheme would force further displacement of Palestinians and could breach international law.

In Afghanistan, 2.3 million children are severely malnourished - an alarming rate which has been exacerbated by aid cuts, and the country's economic collapse. According to UNICEF, 50% of children under 5 currently face stunted growth. Maternal malnutrition also means nearly half of pregnant women are anaemic. This food insecurity has only been worsened by recent climate shocks and cuts of global funding In remote, rural areas, the situation is worsening.

Hamas has agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. It's understood the group and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff agreed to the draft deal, at a meeting in Qatar's capital, Doha. Sources tell us it includes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 10 living captives in two stages. The US President will guarantee the terms of the deal and the withdrawal of Israeli troops. Sources say it would guarantee unconditional humanitarian aid from day one. The American envoy is said to have sent the draft to the Israeli government and is waiting for a response.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) will begin aid distribution despite director Jake Wood’s resignation, citing incompatibility with humanitarian principles. In an Al Jazeera interview, former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness condemned the plan as "aid washing," accusing Israel of weaponising assistance to justify "ethnic cleansing and genocide." He warned private contractors would repeat disasters like February’s "flour massacre," stressing only UNRWA could deliver aid at scale. Gunness compared Gaza’s starving children to "Holocaust survivors," demanding Western states halt arms sales and enforce ICJ rulings. He dismissed GHF’s armed distribution hubs as mercenary-led failures, noting the $230m US floating pier had already washed away. Urging immediate UNRWA upscaling, he declared current policies "unspinnable" as famine looms. His remarks underscored the growing rift between UN agencies and the US-Israeli aid model.

Representatives of Hamas and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff have reached a draft ceasefire agreement in Doha, Qatar, sources have confirmed to Al Jazeera. The proposed deal includes a 60-day truce and the release of 10 living Israeli captives alongside the remains of several others, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in two phases. Five hostages would be freed immediately, with the remaining five released on the 60th day.

Over 1,500 far-right Israelis, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, storm Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, prompting Jordan’s condemnation. Al Jazeera’s correspondent Nida Ibrahim reports Israeli settler groups harassing Palestinians during the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March—celebrating Israel’s occupation of the city in 1967 following the Six-Day War—as 3,000 police guard the procession through occupied East Jerusalem. The march, chanting anti-Arab slogans, violates international law designating East Jerusalem as occupied. Earlier, settlers attacked UNRWA headquarters, targeting the agency supporting Palestinian refugees. Palestinians in East Jerusalem face revocable residency, heightening fears of demographic erasure. The march’s culmination at the Western Wall underscores Israeli impunity amid Palestinian vulnerability. Nida frames this as systemic displacement and a reminder of the unresolved refugee crisis.

Nearly 1,500 ultra-nationalist Israelis have entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, under the protection of Israeli forces. Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem say the action is a deliberate provocation. This comes ahead of the “Jerusalem Day” march - when right-wing Israelis celebrate Israel's occupation of the city in 1967.

"He's gone absolutely crazy". Those are the words of US President Donald Trump as he rebuked Vladimir Putin after another weekend of Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine. He said the US and Russia were “in the middle of talking” while Putin was “shooting rockets”. Ukraine’s Air Force says Russia launched a record number of drones on Sunday. The attack was the largest of the war in terms of weapons fired, although other strikes have killed more people.