Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 24, mostly women and children
DEIR AL-BALAH Gaza Strip AP Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least people including over a dozen women and children local wellbeing leaders announced Sunday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump about the war Israel last month ended its ceasefire with Hamas and renewed its air and ground offensive carrying out waves of strikes and seizing territory to pressure the militant group to accept a new deal for a truce and release of remaining hostages It has also blocked the import of food fuel and humanitarian aid for over a month to the coastal territory heavily reliant on outside assistance Stocks are getting low and the situation is becoming desperate the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees disclosed on social media The latest Israeli strikes overnight into Sunday hit a tent and a house in the southern city of Khan Younis killing five men five women and five children according to Nasser Hospital which received the bodies A female journalist was among those killed My daughter is innocent She had no involvement she loved journalism and adored it declared her mother Amal Kaskeen The body of one child -year old took up just one end of an urgency stretcher Trump wants to end the Gaza issue He is in a hurry and that is clear from this morning asserted Mohammad Abdel-Hadi cousin of a woman killed Israeli shelling killed at least four people in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza according to Gaza s Fitness Ministry And the bodies of five people including a child and three women arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza according to an Associated Press journalist there Dozens of Palestinians took to the streets in Jabaliya for a new round of anti-war protests Footage circulating on social media exhibited people marching and chanting against Hamas Such protests while rare have occurred in modern weeks There is also anger inside Israel over the war s resumption and its effects on remaining hostages in Gaza Families of hostages along with certain of those in recent days freed from Gaza and their supporters on Saturday urged Trump to help ensure the fighting ends Netanyahu on Monday will meet with Trump for the second time since Trump began his latest term in January The prime minister explained they would discuss the war and the new tariff imposed on Israel part of a sweeping global decision by the new U S administration There is a very large queue of leaders who want to do this with respect to their economies I think it reflects the special personal connection and the special connection between the United States and Israel which is so vital at this time Netanyahu explained while wrapping up a visit to Hungary The U S a mediator in ceasefire efforts along with Egypt and Qatar expressed aid for Israel s resumption of the war last month The toll of war Hundreds of Palestinians since then have been killed among them medics whose bodies were recovered only a week later Israel s military this weekend backtracked on its account of what happened in the event captured in part on video that caused anger by Red Cross and Red Crescent and U N bureaucrats The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct killing specific people and taking hostage Fifty-nine hostages are still held in Gaza inferred to be alive after majority of the rest were issued in ceasefires or other deals Israel s offensive has killed at least Palestinians according to Gaza s Medical Ministry which does not say how multiple were civilians or combatants but says more than half were women and children It says another people have been wounded Israel says it has killed around militants without providing evidence Follow AP s war coverage at https apnews com hub israel-hamas-war Source
