ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES KILL 14 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA AS CEASEFIRE EFFORTS INTENSIFY
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least 14 Palestinians, bringing the weekend death toll to 102, according to Palestinian medics. The airstrikes targeted various locations, including a house in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, where five people were killed, and a police station in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where another five people lost their lives.
In another airstrike, four people were killed in Jabalia in the northern edge of the enclave, where Israeli forces have been operating for three months. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on Sunday’s strikes.
The health ministry of Hamas-run Gaza reported that Israeli strikes across the territory had killed at least 88 Palestinians and wounded more than 200 others in the past 24 hours. Relatives and neighbors rushed to the Zuhd family’s house in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, which was struck by an Israeli airstrike late on Saturday, killing seven people.
“We retrieved this cousin of mine. Another cousin has been martyred and is now in the hospital. Approximately 11 people have been martyred here,” said Ammar Zuhd, a relative. The search continued on Sunday morning for four others believed to be trapped under the rubble.
The Israeli military said its forces had attacked more than 100 targets across Gaza over the weekend, killing dozens of Hamas militants. It also destroyed rocket launching sites used to wage rocket attacks on Israel in recent days.
As the violence continues, a renewed push is underway to reach a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Israeli negotiators were dispatched on Friday to resume talks in Doha brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The US President Joe Biden’s administration, which is helping to mediate, urged Hamas to agree to a deal. Hamas said it was committed to reaching an agreement as soon as possible.
The conflict began in response to an October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas militants on communities in southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages. Israel’s military campaign has leveled swathes of the enclave, driving most people from their homes, and has killed 45,805 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry.
