Hamas demands 250 relief trucks per day

In the Middle East.

Hamas says it will return to the dialogue table IF the number of aid trucks into Gaza is substantially increased.

Lee Seung-jae has the latest.

Palestinian militant group Hamas is open to restarting peace talks with Israel.

However, the precondition to returning to negotiations is the entry of at least 250 humanitarian aid trucks per day into the Gaza Strip.

According to Al Jazeera, Gaza officials report that over 22-thousand aid trucks are currently waiting outside the enclave, while an average of just 84 trucks have been allowed in daily since Israel eased restrictions on July 27th.

Humanitarian organizations have warned that at least 600 trucks per day are required to meet basic needs.

Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday that six more people, including a child, had died from starvation in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of starvation-related deaths since the start of the conflict to 181, including 94 children.

However,.. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he would convene his security cabinet this week, in order to discuss how his military will proceed in Gaza, and meet all his war goals.

"We must continue to stand together and fight together to achieve all our war objectives: the defeat of the enemy, the release of our hostages, and the assurance that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel. Later this week, I will convene the cabinet to instruct the IDF on how to achieve these three objectives—all of them, without exception."

Meanwhile, according to a report by Axios on Monday, more than a dozen House Democrats have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to formally recognize a Palestinian state.

The latest push signals a renewed effort among some U.S. lawmakers to support Palestinian statehood, with at least one Democrat planning to introduce a pro-statehood resolution in Congress.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.