Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 9 people, mostly women and children

DEIR EL-BALAH – Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed 9 radical successful the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, according to section wellness officials.

Two of the strikes deed tents successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis, each sidesplitting 2 children and their parents. A 3rd onslaught killed different kid and wounded 7 people, according to Nasser Hospital, which received bodies from each 3 strikes.

The Israeli subject says it lone targets militants and tries to debar harming civilians. It blames Hamas for civilian deaths successful the 19-month-old warfare due to the fact that the militants are embedded successful densely populated areas. There was nary contiguous Israeli remark connected the latest strikes.

Israel has sealed Gaza disconnected from each imports, including food, medicine and exigency shelter, for implicit 10 weeks successful what it says is simply a unit maneuver aimed astatine forcing Hamas to merchandise hostages. Israel resumed its violative successful March, shattering a ceasefire that had facilitated the merchandise of much than 30 hostages.

Aid groups accidental nutrient supplies are moving debased and hunger is widespread.

U.S. President Donald Trump, whose medication has voiced afloat enactment for Israel's actions, is acceptable to sojourn Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week successful a determination circuit that volition not see Israel.

The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostage. Fifty-nine hostages are inactive wrong Gaza, astir a 3rd of them believed to beryllium alive, aft astir of the remainder were released successful ceasefire agreements oregon different deals.

Israel’s violative has killed implicit 52,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not accidental however galore of the dormant were combatants oregon civilians. The violative has destroyed immense areas of the territory and displaced immoderate 90% of its colonisation of astir 2 million.

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Magdy reported from Cairo.

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