Israeli air strikes killed at least nine Palestinians in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing the weekend death toll to 97, Palestinian medics said, as US and Arab brokers tried to broker a ceasefire agreement. Efforts to end it have been intensified.
Health officials said an Israeli airstrike killed five people in a house in the Nussirat camp in central Gaza, while another airstrike killed four other people in Jabaliya on the northern edge of the enclave, where Israeli forces have been holding out for three months. Is working since.
There was no immediate Israeli comment on both incidents.
Earlier on Sunday, Hamas-run Gaza’s health ministry said at least 88 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 others were wounded in Israeli attacks across the territory in the past 24 hours.
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, relatives and neighbors arrived at the home of the Zuhad family, which was hit by an Israeli airstrike late Saturday that killed seven people, medics said. The search for four other people trapped under the debris continued on Sunday morning.
The hand of one of the dead could be seen among the ruins, while the rest of his body was buried under collapsed masonry. Three men shoveled dirt with their bare hands to retrieve bodies and search for possible survivors.
Ammar Juhad, a relative, said, “Three soldiers, the son’s wife and three children are still here. We recovered our cousin. Another cousin has been martyred and is now in the hospital. Around 11 people were martyred here.” Are done.” Told Reuters.
Israel says dozens of Hamas terrorists killed
The Israeli military said in a statement on Sunday that its forces attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza over the weekend, killing dozens of Hamas militants. It said it had also destroyed rocket launching sites that had been used to launch rocket attacks on Israel in recent days.
Ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump taking office on January 20, renewed efforts are being made to reach a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas and to return Israeli hostages taken to Gaza.
Israeli negotiators were dispatched on Friday to resume talks in Doha brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, while US President Joe Biden’s administration, which is helping mediate, has called on Hamas to agree to a deal. requested.
Hamas said it was committed to reaching an agreement as soon as possible, but it was unclear how close the two sides were.
Israel launched its attack on Gaza in response to an October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants on communities in southern Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages, according to Israeli data.
Israel’s military campaign, with the stated goal of eliminating Hamas, has leveled large swathes of the territory, driving most people from their homes and killing 45,805 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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