Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas urged Hamas to release hostages still held in Gaza, calling it the main factor fuelling Israeli attacks on the territory.
An Israeli military report on the killing of 15 Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza admitted Sunday that mistakes led to their deaths and that a field commander would be dismissed
Gaza’s civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn yesterday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children.
Palestinian health authorities said at least 50 Palestinians had been killed in strikes on Saturday.
Israeli airstrikes hit around 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said yesterday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said yesterday that a series of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its unrelenting military offensive in the Palestinian territory.
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Wednesday that the group is still preparing its response to an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza.
“Unlike in the past, the IDF is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,” Katz said in a statement following a meeting with military commanders, adding that “tens of percent” of Gaza had been added to the zone.
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas urged Hamas to release hostages still held in Gaza, calling it the main factor fuelling Israeli attacks on the territory.
An Israeli military report on the killing of 15 Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza admitted Sunday that mistakes led to their deaths and that a field commander would be dismissed
Gaza’s civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn yesterday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children.
Palestinian health authorities said at least 50 Palestinians had been killed in strikes on Saturday.
Israeli airstrikes hit around 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said yesterday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said yesterday that a series of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its unrelenting military offensive in the Palestinian territory.
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Wednesday that the group is still preparing its response to an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza.
“Unlike in the past, the IDF is not evacuating areas that have been cleared and seized,” Katz said in a statement following a meeting with military commanders, adding that “tens of percent” of Gaza had been added to the zone.
Separate strikes kill 30, including police head, brothers
Israel yesterday announced that its military had completed the takeover of a new corridor in southern Gaza, advancing its efforts to seize large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory.
