Israel and Hamas have been given a new ceasefire proposal from international mediators as the Gaza Strip's humanitarian catastrophe continues to deepen.
Qatar, Egypt and the US have presented both parties with an updated ceasefire proposal that narrows the gaps that have stopped a deal being reached, Axios reported.
The new proposal concerns Israel's partial withdrawal from the enclave, as well as the number of Palestinian prisoners that would be released in an exchange for Israeli captives.
It would see Israel remain in a zone spanning 1.5 kilometres from the Philadeliphi corridor on the Egyptian border, down from the previous Israeli demand of 5 kilometres, as well as holding territory 1 kilometre inside the border with Gaza.
Regarding detainees, 125 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israeli prisons are expected to be released alongside 1,111 Palestinians detained inside Gaza since 7 October.
Additionally, aid delivery is also being negotiated, with Hamas demanding the closure of the US and Israel backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), and Israel demanding Egyptian involvement in aid delivery.
The talks have been criticised by the Israeli far right, with extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "come to his senses" and to stop ceasefire talks.
He instead demanded Israel implement a series of war goals in Gaza, including "complete occupation, voluntary migration, and [Israeli] settlement", The Times of Israel reported.
Malnutrition increases as dozens killed in airstrikes
As negotiations continue, aid agencies are warning that they are increasingly treating people suffering from acute malnutrition, with Medical Aid for Palestinians saying that malnutrition is preventing many with wounds from being able to recover from wounds sustained by Israeli attacks.
Israeli airstrikes on the enclave have continued amid the desperate humanitarian situation, with at least 30 Palestinians killed since dawn on Friday, according to Al Jazeera citing medical sources.
Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, with five being killed in a strike on tents in al-Mawasi.
At least five other people were killed by Israeli gunfire outside of an aid distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa, which added that dozens were injured.
The UN's human rights office said that at least 865 Palestinians have been killed near aid hubs over the past six weeks.
According to the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 93 percent of Gaza's population face acute food insecurity, with one in four people living in famine-like conditions.
Amid the crisis, Israel has denied renewing entry visas into Gaza for the heads the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Human Rights (OHCHR) and the agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA).
The head of OCHA, Tom Fletcher, accused Israel of reducing its access to Gaza with each new report by the agencies, which have blasted Israel's war on the enclave.
"Each time we report on what we see, we face threats of further reduced access to the civilians we are trying to serve," he said, adding, "nowhere today is the tension between our advocacy mandate and delivering aid greater than in Gaza."
"Visas are not renewed or reduced in duration by Israel, explicitly in response to our work on protection of civilians."