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The head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, said on Tuesday that a ceasefire agreement was close to being concluded, as the movement handed over its response to Qatar and other mediators in negotiations with Israel.

"The movement has conveyed its response to the brothers in Qatar and the mediators, we are approaching the conclusion of a truce agreement," the movement said on Telegram.

Ottawa calls on the Israeli government to take steps to halt the settler violence against Palestinians, Global Affairs Canada said in a release.

"Canada strongly condemns the extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and is also gravely concerned by reports of Palestinian communities being forcibly removed from their lands in the West Bank," the release said on Monday. "Canada, along with partners, calls on the Government of Israel to take immediate action to stop such further occurrences of extremist settler violence."

Canada also calls on Israel to protect the Palestinian population and hold those responsible for the violence accountable under the law. The violence, the release added, negatively impacts efforts to achieve a negotiated two-state solution.

"As has been the position of successive Canadian governments, Canada does not recognize permanent Israeli control over territories occupied in 1967, and strongly opposes illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank. The settlements constitute a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East," the release said.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay an official visit to Israel from November 26-27 to hold talks with his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, the presidential office said on Monday.

"During his official visit to Israel from November 26-27, the federal president will meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and hold political talks. Meetings are also planned in southern Israel and East Jerusalem," the office said in a statement.

Iran plans to file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.

"In the view of many lawyers and international experts, the Israeli regime has committed ... a number of war crimes in Gaza. There is ample evidence. As part of its proposal to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation ... Iran has called for the creation of a committee to submit these documents to international courts, including this court [ICC], and we hope that the International Criminal Court, within the framework of its inherent mission, will prove that it acts impartially and fairly and will take measures to bring war criminals to trial," Kanaani was quoted as saying by media.

Evacuation of wounded from the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip has begun, with about 100 people being transported to the southern part of the enclave, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Monday.

The United States expects the Palestinian Authority to play a role in the governance of the West Bank and Gaza after the Israeli military operation is over, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.

"The Palestinian Authority right now is the representative of the Palestinian people and we would fully expect it to play a role in governance both in the West Bank and Gaza," Miller said during a press briefing.

Israel will extend the evacuation time by four hours on Monday for people to leave the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli Defense Ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said.

Earlier in the day, media reported, citing eyewitnesses, that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was encircling the hospital in the enclave and heavily shelling it.

"Today, the times will be extended until 20:00 [18:00 GMT] in order to facilitate the evacuation of the Indonesian hospital," COGAT said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The Israeli forces have captured key targets of the ‘Zaytun’ battalion of Hamas in the Gaza City, including central headquarters and a command center, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday.

The IDF said that "Zaytun" is one of the main battalions of Hamas that is operation in the Zaytun area of the Gaza City.

All schools in Tel Aviv will reopen from Tuesday, the Haaretz newspaper reported.

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has surpassed 13,300 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict began on October 7, the enclave’s authorities said on Monday.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Monday that its clinic in the Gaza Strip came under fire, and four cars of the humanitarian organization were burned down.

The organization added that its staff member remains in the clinic "in extreme danger" along with 20 relatives.

Benny Gantz, a minister in Israel's emergency war cabinet, said on Monday that Israel would continue its operation in the Gaza Strip to eliminate the Hamas group even after the temporary ceasefire and the release of all hostages.

"Even if there is a pause to release the hostages, we will strike at our enemy as hard as we can. The operation is currently expanding, deepening and gaining momentum," Gantz was quoted as saying by the army radio.

Last week, Al Arabiya reported that Israel and Hamas were close to agreeing on the release of 50 civilian hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a three-day or a five-day humanitarian pause, the release of an equal number of Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons and the delivery of fuel and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

Ashraf al-Qedra, the health ministry's representative in Gaza, commented on the situation at Al-Shifa hospital:

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on Monday held a meeting with Falih Alfayyadh, the head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), in Moscow to discuss security and the situation in the Middle East, the Russian Security Council stated.

The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) movement said that it had transported 28 premature infants from the Emirates Hospital in southern Gaza Strip to the Rafah border crossing, from where they will be transferred to Egyptian hospitals for treatment.

The PRCS added that the operation has been conducted in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The step has been taken “due to the poor health conditions of the children caused by power outages in nurseries and their consumption of contaminated water and milk,” the organization said.

On Sunday, the WHO said that 31 premature and low-birthweight infants were evacuated from the Shifa hospital in the northern Gaza Strip to southern Gaza. The babies were suffering from “serious infections due to lack of medical supplies,” the organization said, citing doctors. The WHO said that six medical workers and 10 members of their families were also evacuated from the hospital.

Israeli artillery shelling of a school of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, where refugees were sheltering, kills at least 12 people, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Monday.