Updates: Hamas-Israel ceasefire holds

The United States, Israel and Qatar held a trilateral meeting in New York on Sunday, a senior White House official told AFP, months after Israeli jets conducted an airstrike in Doha, unsuccessfully targeting Hamas leadership.

The White House official confirmed that the meeting had taken place but did not provide any further details.

Two sources told US news outlet Axios it was "the highest level meeting between the countries since the deal to end the war in Gaza, for which Qatar served as a key mediator."

Axios also reported White House envoy Steve Witkoff hosted the meeting, with Mossad spy chief David Barnea representing Israel and an unnamed senior Qatari official in attendance.

Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, helped broker a comprehensive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which remains delicate as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching its terms.

At least two children, aged 17 and 12, were transported to the hospital by the Palestine Red Crescent Society, according to the Wafa news agency. 

Wafa said that the two were attacked by Israeli soldiers at the Beit Furik military checkpoint, which is east of the city of Nablus.

Israeli soldiers shot at three Palestinians who were throwing rocks at cars in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and killed one of them, the Israeli military said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said one person had been killed and one wounded in the incident. There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials. The Israeli military said that apart from the fatality, one other person was "neutralised" and one arrested.

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians’ vehicles near the town of Mukhamas in the northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Wafa news agency, citing a statement by the Jerusalem Governorate.

The statement said that a group of settlers attacked vehicles on the main road near Mukhamas in the evening, without any reported injuries.

Israel’s army chief, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, said the demarcation line where Israeli troops have withdrawn behind in Gaza is a "new border", according to a military statement.

"We have operational control over extensive parts of the Gaza Strip and we will remain on those defence lines. The Yellow Line is a new border line — serving as a forward defensive line for our communities and a line of operational activity," the army quoted Zamir as saying to reserve soldiers in Gaza.

Under the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Israeli forces have withdrawn to positions behind the so-called Yellow Line.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he expected to move into the second phase of the US-sponsored ceasefire plan for Gaza "very shortly".

Speaking during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after a meeting between the two leaders, Netanyahu said: "We discussed how to bring an end to the Hamas rule in Gaza [...] We finished the first part [...] And then we very shortly expect to move into the second phase, which is more difficult."

Israel’s military said that its forces killed two men in the occupied West Bank after what it described as an attempted ramming attack, with the Palestinian Authority identifying the deceased as a 17- and 55-year-old.

The Ramallah-based health ministry named the two victims as Ahmad Khalil Al-Rajabi, 17, and Ziad Jabara Abu Dawoud, 55, after the incident on Saturday night in the Bab al-Zawiya area in the city of Hebron.

"A terrorist accelerated toward (Israeli) soldiers during an operational activity at a security checkpoint in Hebron. The soldiers responded by firing at the terrorist in the vehicle and he was eliminated," the army told AFP.

The military added that a second "uninvolved person" was hit but did not provide further information.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has rejected a formal request from US President Donald Trump to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been facing corruption charges for more than five years.

Speaking to US news outlet Politico, Herzog said he valued Trump’s "friendship and his opinion", but emphasised that Israel is a sovereign state with an independent legal system.

"This is certainly an extraordinary request, and above all, when dealing with it, I will consider what is in the best interest of the Israeli people," he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the United Kingdom's former premier Tony Blair recently held a secret meeting to discuss "the day after" arrangements in Gaza, TRT World reported, citing Israeli media.

Netanyahu's office did not provide any details about what was discussed.

Sources cited by the public broadcaster KAN said Blair is advancing a proposal that would place the Palestinian Authority in charge of "certain selected areas" of the Gaza Strip.

The plan would start on a pilot basis and become permanent if it proves effective.