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In the Gaza Strip, where the sound of bombs falling has become commonplace over the last 11 months, yet another grim milestone approaches.
The death toll in Israel's war in Gaza has neared 41,000.
Gazan health authorities say Israel killed dozens of Palestinians over the weekend including at least 33 people in the 24 hours from Saturday evening to Sunday evening.
An Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp has hit a family home killing two young girls with more feared dead.
Mohammed Saftawi says seven of his neighbours were killed.
"The house of our neighbours, the Eid family, was targeted. There were about seven martyrs, four children, two women, and a young man. Some of them were recovered, and there are still two girls under the rubble and also a young man still under the rubble."
And an airstrike on a house in Jabalia region of Gaza has reportedly killed deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service, Mohammad Morsi, and four of his family members.
The rescue service says Mr Morsi's death brings the number of its members killed to 83 since October 7.
Meanwhile, in a rare attack on Israeli civilians, a Jordanian gunman has killed three people at the Allenby border crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank.
An eyewitness says the attacker was driving a truck from Jordan towards the crossing, before getting out and opening fire.
“What I saw with my own eyes, we were sitting and standing at the checkpoint waiting for our turn after the bus in front of us was searched. There was a bus and a truck in front of us. A man got out and carried out the attack. Thank God nothing happened to us, nothing happened to us or the passenger but the truck drivers were put on the ground. We bus passengers didn't know what to do and we were panicking. After that they returned us to the city of pilgrims, and we waited for three to four hours and after that we were returned to Jordan.”
The shooter was then killed by Israeli security forces at the checkpoint that is used by Palestinians, Israelis and international tourists.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the killing.
"This is a difficult day. A loathsome terrorist murdered in cold blood three of our civilians at Allenby Bridge. On behalf of the government and myself, I send my condolences to the families of the murdered."
However, in the Jordanian capital of Amman, the attack was received very differently.
Hundreds marched downtown to salute the slain gunman as a hero who avenged the deaths of Palestinians, celebrating with fireworks and offering sweets.
Secretary General of Islamist party the Islamic Action Front, Wael Saqqa, says it's a sign that Jordanians are ready to fight against their neighbour.
“This is a spontaneous response that sends a message to Netanyahu and Zionists, if you think Jordan is lost, is easy and weak, you are delusional. This is the first warning, the patience of Jordanians is waning, do not test their patience, there are many days ahead.”
And in Israel, mass protests have continued in Tel Aviv with the families of the remaining hostages held by Hamas pleading with the government to agree to a deal to bring their loved ones home.
This comes in the wake of the discovery of the bodies of six Israeli hostages in Gaza a week ago.
An anonymous Israeli official admitted to media group Ynet that three of the hostages - Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi and Carmel Gat - were set to be released under a ceasefire proposal agreed to by Hamas in July.
However, the deal was ultimately rejected by the Israeli government.
Anat Angrest, the mother of Israeli hostage Matan Angrest, says she doesn't understand why the government has allowed her son to remain captive.
“They must get the right decision and sign a deal that will get our son out of the hell. Our son is a soldier, he is there for 11 months, and we can't get it anymore that our government can let him die in the tunnels of Hamas."
The protests also follow new obstacles in ceasefire negotiations with Benjamin Netanyahu introducing non-negotiable demands including full control of the border region between Gaza and Egypt known as the Philadelphi Crossing, an idea consistently rejected by both Egypt and Hamas.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told The Times of Israel that the focus on this territorial control over the lives of the hostages is a "moral disgrace".
