Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates from Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank:

• Israeli occupation forces opened heavy fire near the Morag axis, north of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources on the ground.

• As Israel and Hamas edge towards a possible second phase of a United States-backed proposal to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, disputes centre on the undefined role of a potential international “stabilisation force” inside the besieged enclave.

• Senior Hamas official Basem Naim said on Sunday that the US proposal required “a lot of clarifications”. He added that while Hamas could consider “freezing or storing” its weapons during the current truce, it would not accept an external force taking control of disarmament.

• In the occupied West Bank, Israeli occupation forces carried out a fresh wave of raids and arrests after storming the town of Allar, north of Tulkarm, according to local sources.

• Israeli forces also pushed into the city of Nablus from the Huwara checkpoint, escalating military pressure in the northern West Bank.

• The Israeli army sent additional military reinforcements towards Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, while soldiers deployed in the al-Hashashin neighbourhood, residents reported.