Mediators optimistic Israel will accept ceasefire deal that is ‘almost identical’ to one they earlier agreed – as it happened

Qatar says no breakthrough has yet been made but Hamas has given positive response'

The UN's human rights office on Tuesday condemned a far-right Israeli minister for taunting a Palestinian prisoner in his cell and sharing the footage online, Reuters reports.

National security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published a video on Friday last week showing him confronting Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody.