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. New York City Democratic Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani A guard on Tuesday evening Manhattan collected by Israelis for Peaceanti-occupation group Israelis In New York, where it has been meeting weekly since 2023 to call for a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages.

To sit union square with New York City Comptroller Brad LanderMamdani, his one-time rival for the Democratic nomination who was campaigning for him, was tapped to speak at the event—which marked the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7. Hamas Attacks on Israel – calls for an end to killing and Israeli occupation and equal rights Palestinians.

Zohran Mamdani

Earlier in the day, Mamdani drew criticism from Israel in a statement commemorating both the anniversary of the day in which he commemorates Israeli victims and the Palestinian victims of Israel’s subsequent war. Gaza.

Mamdani said in a statement on Tuesday:

Two years ago today, Hamas committed a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives have been torn apart by these atrocities.

He condemned Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuand because his government also started a “genocidal war” in Gaza. also blamed WE The government is “complicit”.

Mamdani wrote:

A death burden now exceeding 67,000; Israeli military bombings reduce homes, hospitals and schools to rubble.

Gaza has become a place where grief itself ceases to exist every day. I mourn these lives and pray for the broken families.

He said the last two years had “shown the worst of humanity” and that Israel wanted an end to “occupation and apartheid”.

Mamdani’s statement, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs X accuses him of “acting as a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda” and “spreading Hamas’ false genocide campaign.”

a new Gaza-Bound Aid Flotilla, Israel Days after the military detained activists on ships bound for the war-torn region, sparking international outrage and widespread protests.

The Israeli army was jamming signals boarding at least two boats, Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said Instagram.

“The Israeli military has no legal jurisdiction over international waters,” he added. “Our fleet does no harm.”

“Three ships—Gaza Sunbirds, Alaa Al-Najjar and Anas al-Sharif—were attacked and illegally seized by the Israeli army,” he said, 220km off the coast of Gaza.

Another ship said conscience was also “under attack.”

. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs He confirmed that he had intercepted boats trying to reach Gaza and that the people on board would be transferred to an Israeli port from where they would be deported.

“Another futile attempt to violate the legal naval blockade and enter a war zone ended in nothing,” the ministry said.

The Freedom Flashilla Coalition is an international network. Palestinian activist groups This is a move that organizes civilian naval missions aimed at breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. Palestinians There.

FFC said the ships were carrying more than $110,000 in aid for medicines, respiratory equipment and nutritional supplies for Gaza’s starving hospitals.

The incident was the second such incident in recent days after Israel seized 40 ships and detained more than 450 activists in an aid convoy. Global Sumud FlotillaThis was trying to deliver supplies to Gaza.

delegates United States And Türkiye together TrainPrime Minister will attend Hamas And Israel On Wednesday, negotiators Gaza war.

Israel and Hamas hold indirect talks Egyptian resort town Sharm El-Sheikhbased on a suggested 20-point plan Donald Trump.

Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al ThaniTürkiye’s intelligence chief Ibrahim KalinTrump’s special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff And Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner He will participate in the Agence France-Presse Reports (AFP) talks.

“We have a chance to do something,” the US President told reporters. oval office on Tuesday. Trump added:

I think there is a possibility that we can have peace in the Middle East. Something even beyond the Gaza situation. We want the hostages to be released immediately.

The talks were as Israel commemorated the second anniversary of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war. This resulted in the deaths of more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Militants also took 251 people hostage in Gaza, 47 of whom remained captive, 25 of whom the Israeli military says died.

As global pressure increased to end the war, much of Gaza was flattened. UN-Famine ensues and families of Israeli hostages still seek the return of their loved ones. A UN commission announced last month that it had found Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

We will be publishing updates on talks aimed at ending the Gaza War as they come. But first, some other developments:

• Israelis gathered across the country on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack. Informal commemorations were held in small kibbutzim in southern Israel whose members were killed or kidnapped, and a large rally was held in Tel Aviv to call for the release of remaining hostages from Hamas Captivity in Gaza.

• A new Gaza-bound aid fleet flotilla has been seized by the Israeli Army, days after activists were detained on ships bound for the war-torn region, sparking international outrage and widespread protests. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram that the Israeli military had jammed signals on board at least two boats.

• Israeli forces have arrested at least 35 people in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and elsewhere since Monday, according to a group representing Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli military did not immediately confirm the arrests but said “regular counterterrorism activity” was continuing.

• Israel has repeatedly denied permission to transfer incubators from an evacuated hospital in northern Gaza, a UN Children’s Agency official said on Tuesday.strain on overcrowded hospitals where newborn babies now share oxygen masks.