By Heather Chen, Andrew Raine, Amarachi Orie and Antoinette Radford, CNN
From CNN's Kareen Khadder
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it received a shipment Sunday from the Egyptian Red Crescent, consisting of a total of 80 trucks that arrived at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza.
The trucks carried essential humanitarian aid, including food, water, relief assistance and medical supplies.
Additionally, the Palestinian aid organization said 105 more humanitarian aid trucks entered through the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing on the same day.
From CNN’s Amir Tal and Mitchell McCluskey
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not accept Hamas' demand for an end to the war in exchange for the release of hostages held in Gaza, he said Sunday.
“I work on this around the clock. But to be clear: I reject outright the terms of surrender of the monsters of Hamas,” he said.
Netanyahu said Hamas has demanded an end to the war, the release of Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza in exchange for the release of the hostages.
“If we agree to this, our soldiers fell in vain. If we agree to this, we will not be able to guarantee the security of our citizens,” the prime minister said.
Some context: Netanyahu's comments come amid a report in the Wall Street Journal that the US, Egypt and Qatar want Israel to join a new phase of talks with Hamas that would start with the release of hostages and lead to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Netanyahu said he communicated his objections to US President Joe Biden over the weekend, and reiterated comments he made last week about Israel controlling all territory west of Jordan.
From CNN's Jeremy Diamond, Muhammad Darwish, Abeer Salman, Benjamin Brown and Gianluca Mezzofiore
The Israeli military has desecrated at least 16 cemeteries in its ground offensive in Gaza, a CNN investigation has found, leaving gravestones ruined, soil upturned and, in some cases, bodies unearthed.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, where fighting escalated in recent days, Israeli forces destroyed a cemetery, removing bodies in what the Israel Defense Forces told CNN was part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, terror attacks.
CNN has reviewed satellite imagery and social media footage showing the destruction of cemeteries — and witnessed it firsthand while traveling with the IDF in a convoy. Together, the evidence reveals a systemic practice.
The intentional destruction of religious sites, such as cemeteries, violates international law, except under narrow circumstances relating to that site becoming a military objective, and legal experts told CNN that Israel’s acts could amount to war crimes.
A spokesperson for the IDF could not account for the destruction of the 16 cemeteries CNN provided coordinates for, but said the military sometimes has “no other choice” but to target cemeteries it claimed Hamas uses for military purposes.
From Amir Tal and Radina Gigova
The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the death of an Israeli sergeant major whose body was taken to Gaza after he was killed during the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.
Sgt. Maj. Shay Levinson, 19, was from the Givat Avni community in northern Israel and served in the 77th Battalion of Brigade 7, the IDF said.
What we know about the remaining hostages: The confirmation of Levinson's death brings the number of hostages confirmed dead since October 7 to 28.
An estimated 104 hostages taken on October 7 are still believed to be alive in Gaza, according to the latest Israeli figures, which have fluctuated at times based on new intelligence.
Four additional hostages were being held in Gaza before the latest Israel-Hamas war broke out, according to Israeli authorities. Two of those four hostages have died and two are believed to still be alive. That brings the total number of hostages in Gaza to 136, as of Israel's latest update.
From CNN’s Lauren Izso in Tel Aviv and Teele Rebane
The Israel Defense Forces released footage Sunday of a tunnel in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza where it said Hamas held around 20 hostages at different times.
The tunnel was located in the center of Khan Younis and ran about 830 meters (0.51 miles) at a depth of 20 meters (66 feet), the IDF said.
There were booby traps, explosives and various obstacles inside the tunnel, according to the IDF, which said it encountered and killed several Hamas operatives as it entered the tunnel.
The IDF found no hostages in the tunnel but said, based on testimonies from former hostages and DNA evidence, that about 20 hostages were held in there at different times, some of who have been released while others remain held in Gaza.
Videos shared by the IDF show long tunnels, some of which lead to rooms with mattresses, blankets and food wrappers scattered on the floor, and kitchen and bathroom areas.
The group also released photos of a pair of child’s drawings. Five-year-old former hostage Emilia Aloni drew the pictures, the IDF said Aloni’s family told them.
Aloni and her mother were released in November during a brief truce between Hamas and Israel to allow for the exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. More than 100 hostages were released during the truce.
Israel estimates that 132 hostages from the October 7, 2023, attacks remain in Gaza — 25 of whom are believed to be dead.
From CNN's Lauren Izso in Tel Aviv
“Not a single shekel will go to Gaza. Period,” far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote after Israel's security cabinet approved a measure that gives him the power to freeze funds intended for the Palestinian Authority, if the PA transfers those funds to Gaza.
Under existing agreements, Israel collects tax revenue on behalf of the Palestinian Authority on Palestinian imports and exports. Since Hamas launched its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, the Israeli government has refused to disburse the full amount of taxes collected, which are primarily used by the Palestinian Authority to pay public employees and retirees.
The funds collected by Israel will now be transferred to Norway as a third party, then be sent to Ramallah — excluding the sum earmarked for Gaza — which would remain frozen in Norwegian hands, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Sunday. The United States and Norway will help oversee and facilitate the agreement.
“Any violation of the agreement allows the Minister of Finance to immediately freeze all of the Palestinians' repayment funds,” the prime minister’s office said.
Hussein al-Sheikh, a top official with the Palestine Liberation Organization, immediately rejected the Israeli plan, calling it "piracy" and urging the international community to stop it.
Remember: Smotrich has come under fire for recent comments advocating for the voluntary migration of Palestinians from Gaza, and the reestablishment of Israeli settlements there.
From CNN's Sarah Sirgany, Charbel Mallo and Lauren Izso
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that one person was killed and five others were injured in what it says was an Israeli drone strike that hit a vehicle near a Lebanese military checkpoint in Kafra, southern Lebanon, on Sunday afternoon.
The incident happened roughly 8 km (4.9 miles) away from the Lebanese-Israeli border, the agency reported.
It destroyed one vehicle, while a nearby vehicle also caught fire, NNA added.
CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment. The IDF said they would release a statement later on Sunday.
From CNN's Niamh Kennedy and Nima Elbagir
The European Union has sanctioned Abdelbasit Hamza, a Sudanese financier with strong ties to Hamas who was at the center of an investigation carried out by CNN with Israeli investigative platform Shomrim and the International Consortium for Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) into the militant group’s funding.
The investigation exposed the wide range of business interests Hamza had managed to maintain in Europe, despite being placed under US sanctions in the wake of the October 7 attacks.
Hamza, who has previously denied any involvement in Hamas funding, is believed to have a network of global assets previously estimated by Sudanese anti-corruption officials to be over $2 billion.
In a press release Friday, the Council of the EU said it was putting into effect a newly approved sanctions regime which would allow it to “target those who support, materially or financially Hamas.”
“For the first time, the EU will also be able to target persons or entities providing support to those facilitating or enabling violent action by Hamas and the PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad); in other words, the sponsors of those who sponsor the two terrorist organizations,” the bloc said.
Hamza was one of six individuals, including senior Hamas financier Rida Ali Khamis and senior Hamas operative Musa Dudin, sanctioned on Friday. All six will be subjected to an asset freeze and a travel ban to the EU, according to the EU release.
The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said the sanctioning of individuals such as Hamza shows that the bloc is “ready to take decisive steps to react to the brutality shown by terrorists on October 7.”
From CNN's Niamh Kennedy
UK Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps has called comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting the prospect of a Palestinian state "disappointing," reiterating the UK's commitment toward a two-state solution.
Netanyahu sparked controversy during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Thursday when he appeared to reject the idea of creating a Palestinian state in adherence with a two-state solution.
“In any future arrangement… Israel needs security control of all territory west of Jordan. This clashes with the idea of (Palestinian) sovereignty. What can you do?” he said.
On Saturday, Netanyahu's office said the prime minister "reiterated his policy" on this during a private phone call with US President Joe Biden.
Speaking to British broadcaster Sky News on Sunday, Shapps said it was "disappointing to hear that from the Israeli Prime Minister."
"There isn't another option. The whole world has agreed that a two-state solution is the best way forward. The British government absolutely backs that as a solution," Shapps stressed.
Shapps said a Palestinian state "needs to be sovereign on the Palestinian side" and to also "provide security guarantees on the Israeli side."
The defence minister pointed out that there "isn't another obvious way out" out of the conflict in Gaza.
On Saturday, UK shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "Biden is right" in calling for a two-state solution, and described Netanyahu's comments as "unacceptable," adding: “Of course, the Palestinian people deserve a state."
