The local health authorities said that the Israeli military strikes killed at least 70 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, to intensify the bombing, as US President Donald Trump is visiting the Middle East.
The paramedics said that most of the deaths, which included women and children, resulted from a barrage of Israeli air strikes that targeted many houses in the Gabalia area in northern Gaza.
“Some of the victims are still on the road and under the rubble, where the rescue and civil emergency teams cannot reach (they),” the Ministry of Health statement said.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment and said it was trying to verify the reports.
The local health authorities said that the Israeli military strikes killed at least 60 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Reuters television footage showed residents returning to the ruins of their homes. Some took off the remains of the walls and furniture, searching for documents and property.
“They fired two missiles,” said Hadi Maqouq, who lost their relatives in the attack in Gabalia. “We came to run, we saw parts of the body on the ground, killed the children, killed the woman and killed a child – his head exploded like a two -month old.”
Abu Aboud, 52, says he was walking through the ruins of what he was in his home, he woke up to the rocks that fly in the air and his children under the rubble.
“They lost their awareness, we woke them up and removed the rubble from them,” Mohamed Sif, an independent photographer of CBC at the scene. “The ambulance came and took it.”
Abu Eter Saleh says that the latest blow to Gabalia was buried his children under the rubble. He had to expel them and rush them to the hospital due to injuries. But he says he has no plans to leave his house.
He said he was not sure why the area was targeted. As a resident of the building throughout his life, he said he knew exactly who are the neighbors and none of them were people. Saleh says that he lived the war in his home and has no plans to leave with his family any time soon.
“I am cleaning my house now because, I am ready, tonight I will surround him with hemp fabric and I will live in it again,” he said. “If they take it, I will love my tent here.”
Israeli press reports indicated on Wednesday that they said that they believed that the Hamas military leader, Muhammad Sinwar, and other officials, were killed in a strike on Tuesday, what the Israeli army described as leadership and control under the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis.
In a statement published in Telegram, Hamas called the attacks on the “intense” and “Savage” residential areas. The statement went on to say that such attacks will undermine the ongoing ceasefire negotiations and blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the escalation of violence.
There was no confirmation either from the Israeli army or Hamas. On Wednesday, witnesses and paramedics from an Israeli air strike that struck a bulldozer approached the strike area of the European Hospital, which caused many people.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised this week that the Israeli forces will soon enter Gaza with the “full force” to end Hamas. Thousands of Israeli reserve soldiers have been called in recent weeks.
Late on Tuesday, Islamic Jihad, a militant group backed by Iranians in Gaza with Hamas, fired rockets heading towards Israel. Shortly before the start of Israeli strikes in response, the army issued evacuation orders to the residents in the Gabalia and Beit Lahia nearby.
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The Israeli escalation against Palestinian hopes came to provide Trump’s visit to remove violence. On Monday, Hamas released Alexander, the last known American hostage, before Trump’s trip.
Speaking in Riyadh on Tuesday, Trump said that more hostages will follow Alexander and added that the people of Gaza deserve a better future.
Hamas, Edin Alexander, who is believed to be the last living American hostage, released before US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East, raising the hopes of the new ceasefire deal. The journey begins in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the interruptions of Qatar and Trump, the United Arab Emirates, this time.
The efforts made to the agreement to the ceasefire have fallen in recent weeks, as Hamas and Israel are blamed. Hamas spoke to the United States, Egyptian brokers and Qatari to arrange the launch of Alexander, and Israel sent a team to Doha to start a new round of talks.
On Tuesday, Trump’s special envoys, Steve Wittakov and Adam Bouhler, met families in Tel Aviv and said they can now see a better opportunity to agree to release them after the deal on Alexander.
The United States also presented a plan to reopen the humanitarian delivery operations in Gaza using private contractors. Israel, which imposed a total number of supplies entering Gaza from March 2, supported the plan. But it was rejected by United Nations agencies, international aid and the main details, including financing and donors, are still unclear.
The World Health Organization warns that the risk of famine and collective hunger in Gaza. Palestinian health officials say that dozens of children have died due to malnutrition since March, the month of Israel has prevented all aid shipments.
Israel began its invasion of Gaza in response to the Hamas -led attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people, according to the Israeli return, including many Canadian citizens. Israel said that 251 people were generally considered hostages in Gaza.
The Israeli campaign killed more than 52,900 Palestinians, according to local health officials, and destroyed the small coastal pocket. It has a population of about 2.3 million people on the brink of famine, according to international assistance groups and agencies
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