Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as ceasefire talks resume News of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

At least 35 Palestinians were killed in several incidents Israeli attacks on Gaza Since dawn, as high-level negotiators prepare to resume stalled ceasefire talks.

Medical sources told Al Jazeera that the Israeli occupation forces killed at least 19 people in the central Gaza Strip, today, Friday.

Al Jazeera correspondent Tariq Abu Azoum from Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip said that Friday was shaping up to be “another bloody day” after a 24-hour period in which at least 71 Palestinians were killed in 34 Israeli air strikes, according to Reuters. Government Media Office in Gaza.

Abu Azoum said that the shooting in Deir al-Balah indicates “a possible military advance by Israeli ground forces” in response to a Hamas attack on an Israeli tank in the area.

Israeli occupation aircraft destroyed buildings in the center of the Gaza Strip, leading to the martyrdom of journalist Omar Al-Derawi inside his home in Al-Zawaida, the second journalist killed within 24 hours.

On Thursday, it was confirmed that photographer Hassan Al-Qishawi was killed in an Israeli attack.

Following the deaths, the government media office in Gaza reviewed the death toll Journalists The death toll in the enclave since the beginning of the war, which has been going on for about 15 months, has risen to 202.

Meanwhile, Israel continued its renewed military offensive in northern Gaza, with Abu Azoum reporting that Israeli forces had ordered the immediate evacuation of the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia.

Israelis also woke up to an attack early Friday morning, with the army intercepting a missile fired from it YemenWhich sounded sirens in Jerusalem and central Israel.

Resuming ceasefire talks

As the attacks continue, ceasefire negotiations are expected to resume on Friday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that it allowed a delegation from the Mossad intelligence service, the Shin Bet internal security service, and the army to continue negotiations in Qatar.

Sami Al-Erian, director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs at Istanbul Al-Zaim University, said Hamas may be willing to back down from one of its main demands — the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Gaza.

“There has been a lot of pressure from mediators – especially the Qataris and Egyptians – to be flexible about these terms,” he told Al Jazeera.

He added: “They assured the resistance, Hamas and other factions, that Israel will withdraw in the end.”

But Uri Goldberg, a political analyst based in Tel Aviv, told Al Jazeera that he saw no reason to be optimistic about agreeing to a ceasefire in the talks, amid the lack of significant international pressure being applied to either side.

He said: “As far as I know, Hamas is interested in reaching a deal but not excessively, because its recruitment rates rise the longer Israel continues the genocide in Gaza.”

“Certainly, the Israeli public is interested in reaching a deal. (But) the Israeli government? “Not much – war serves its interests.”

The main mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been trying to reach a permanent agreement in indirect talks for months.

The toll for the first three days of 2025 brings the death toll in Gaza to nearly 46,000 since Israel began its war on the Strip on October 7, 2023, following Hamas-led attacks.

The war caused widespread destruction and caused the displacement of about 90 percent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people, many of whom were displaced several times.

Hamas-led forces killed about 1,200 people in Israel in attacks on October 7, 2023, and took about 250 prisoners.

About 100 prisoners remain in Gaza, although at least a third of them are believed to be dead.