Updates: US, mediators push for Gaza ceasefire as talks continue in Doha

 By Lyndal Rowlands, Mersiha Gadzo, Urooba Jamal, Edna Mohamed, Joseph Stepansky and Nils Adler

Published On 12 Jan 202512 Jan 2025

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  Here’s what happened today

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  • Israeli strikes continued across Gaza, with attacks near Gaza City, Nuseirat and Bureij.
  • Gaza’s Civil Defence has said 70 children have been killed in Israeli strikes over the last five days.
  • US President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke by phone in the final days of Biden’s presidency amid renewed ceasefire talks in Qatar.
  • Vice President-elect JD Vance has said that Trump will “enable the Israelis to eliminate the last remnant of Hamas and its leadership” if a deal is not reached before Trump takes office on January 20.
  • More Israeli strikes have been reported in southern Lebanon, in the latest apparent violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and