Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes kill almost 20 in one morning

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Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes successful Gaza connected Wednesday greeting killed astatine slightest 19 Palestinians, astir of them women and children, according to infirmary officials. Israel said the strikes would proceed and called them a effect to a militant onslaught connected Israeli soldiers that earnestly wounded one.

Among the Palestinians killed were 5 children, including a 5-month-old and a babe conscionable 10 days old; 7 women; and a paramedic, said infirmary officials. They were the latest Palestinians killed successful Gaza since a U.S.-brokered bid plan, which has been punctuated by deadly Israeli strikes, brought a ceasefire into effect connected Oct. 10, 2025.

More than 530 Palestinians person been killed by Israeli occurrence successful that time, according to Gaza's Hamas-run wellness ministry.

The Israel Defense Forces, successful a connection connected Wednesday, accused Hamas militants of a "blatant usurpation of the existent ceasefire agreement" with the alleged onslaught connected forces successful bluish Gaza.

"Upon recognition of the fire, IDF armored units [tanks] and IAF [Israeli Air Force] craft conducted strikes successful the area," the subject said.

The escalating Palestinian decease toll has tested the U.S.-backed bid plan, and galore Palestinians successful the portion accidental it doesn't consciousness similar the warfare has ended.

Seven Palestinians suffer their lives successful onslaught connected Gaza City contempt ceasefire

"The genocidal warfare against our radical successful the Gaza Strip continues," said Dr. Mohamed Abu Selmiya, manager of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, successful a Facebook post. "Where is the ceasefire? Where are the mediators?"

An Israeli subject official, speaking connected the information of anonymity successful enactment with subject policy, told The Associated Press that Israel would proceed striking the strip. Since the ceasefire took hold, Israel's subject has defended deadly strikes by saying it is responding to Hamas violations oregon militant attacks connected its soldiers. The subject says 4 soldiers person been killed since the ceasefire took hold.

Mediators person condemned the attacks and Hamas has called them violations of the deal.

Early Wednesday, Israeli troops fired connected a gathering successful the Tuffah vicinity successful northbound Gaza, sidesplitting astatine slightest 11 people, astir from the aforesaid family, said Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies. The dormant included 2 parents, their 10-day-old girl, her 5-month-old relative and their grandmother.

Israel's subject said its craft and armored units had returned occurrence aft militants started shooting astatine troops, severely wounding a reservist worker who was evacuated to a hospital. Israel called the militant onslaught a usurpation of the deal.

After the Tuffah strike, Israeli occurrence continued crossed the strip, said infirmary officials. An Israeli onslaught connected a family's structure successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis killed 3 radical including a 12-year-old boy, said Nasser hospital, which received the bodies. Tank shelling successful Gaza City's eastbound vicinity of Zaytoun killed different 3 Palestinians, according to Shifa Hospital, including a hubby and his wife.

Israel continues attacks connected Gaza contempt ceasefire

A onslaught connected a structure successful the Muwasi country of Khan Younis killed astatine slightest 2 radical and wounded 5 others, according to a tract infirmary tally by the Palestinian Red Crescent successful the area. The dormant included Hussein Hassan Hussein al-Semieri, a paramedic for the Palestinian Red Crescent who was connected work astatine the time, said the hospital.

More than 71,800 Palestinians person been killed since the commencement of the war, according to the Gaza wellness ministry, which does not accidental however galore were fighters oregon civilians. The ministry, which is portion of the Hamas-led government, maintains elaborate casualty records that are seen arsenic mostly reliable by U.N. agencies and autarkic experts. They judge the existent decease toll is substantially higher due to the fact that galore bodies person inactive to beryllium recovered from the rubble.

Israel disputes the ministry's tally, but has provided nary casualty figures for civilians successful Gaza since it launched the warfare against Hamas successful effect to the group's Oct. 7, 2023 violent attack, which killed immoderate 1,200 Israelis and saw 251 others taken hostage.

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