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Here are Press TV's news headlines at 10:00 GMT, February 7, 2024.

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Hamas truce response

A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian resistance movement is trying to secure the release of as many Palestinian prisoners as it can in a possible deal with the Israeli regime. Ghazi Hamad’s remarks came after Hamas said it had delivered its response to a ceasefire proposal to key mediators, Egypt and Qatar. Reuters has found the draft which shows the first 45-day stage will allow the exchange of prisoners, the release of some non-military Israeli captives, and the delivery of aid to Gaza. It will also allow the reconstruction of hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza and the exit of Israeli ground forces from populated areas. According to the draft, Hamas has also proposed indirect talks with Israel in the first stage to put an end to the regime's military operations. The second phase, as it shows, will allow the release of all Israeli male captives in exchange for a certain number of Palestinian prisoners and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. The draft shows that remains and bodies will be exchanged in the third 45-day phase. 

US-Israel genocide in Gaza

The Israeli regime continues its indiscriminate strikes across the Gaza Strip, with hospitals and other healthcare facilities being the main targets of its attacks. The Palestinian Red Crescent says the regime’s latest attacks have targeted Al-Amal and Nasser hospitals in the southern city of Khan Yunis, where thousands of displaced Gazans have taken shelter. It added that nearly 8,000 displaced Palestinians were evacuated from the hospital following two weeks of Israeli siege. Hundreds of them have been relocated to the city of Rafah, which also remains a target of Israeli bombings. The regime's genocidal war, which started on October 7, is now in its fifth month. It has killed nearly 27,600 people, mostly women and children, leaving nearly 67,000 others injured.

Ships attacked near Yemen

The US military has confirmed new attacks by the Yemeni army on ships off the Arab country’s western coast. The US military, in a statement, says six ballistic missiles were fired at two ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It said the attack caused minor damage to one ship but no injuries. Reports say the UK has now dispatched a Royal Navy frigate to replace the vessel sustained damage by the missile strike. Yemen says it conducts missile and drone attacks on ships belonging to Israel or those bound for Israeli ports in response to the regime’s bloodshed in the Gaza Strip. The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces has emphasized that his country also reserves the right to self-defend in the face of US-UK aggression. Yahya Saree said attacks on Israeli ships would continue unless the regime ends its siege of Gaza and stop deadly aggression there.