Israel says Hamas’s rejection of a current proposal for a Gaza truce deal with Israel shows the “damage” done by the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel would not surrender to what it called the Palestinian armed group’s “delusional demands”.

They include an end to the war and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Israeli air strikes and fighting on the ground across Gaza have continued.

More than 32,400 people have been killed in the territory since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, including 81 people in the past 24 hours, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The conflict began after Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking 253 others as hostages.

Israel reacted furiously on Monday after the UN Security Council adopted for the first time a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza following months of deadlock over the issue.

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