- DEIR AL-BALAH (GAZA
STRIP) — Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at
least 38 people in Gaza, including a mother and her two children sheltering in
a tent, local health officials said Sunday, with no data available for a second
straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north.
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- Further details also emerged of the local doctor who lost
nine of her 10 children in an Israeli strike on Friday.
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- Gaza's Health Ministry said 3,785 people have been killed in
the territory since Israel ended a ceasefire and renewed its offensive in
March, vowing to destroy Hamas and return the 58 hostages it still holds from
the October 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war.
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- Israel also blocked the import of all food, medicine and
fuel for 2 1/2 months before letting a trickle of aid enter last week after
experts' warnings of famine and pressure from some of Israel's top allies.
Israel has been pursuing a new plan to tightly control all aid to Gaza, which
the United Nations has rejected.
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- Israel also says it plans to seize full control of Gaza and
facilitate what it describes as the voluntary migration of much of its
population of over 2 million Palestinians, a plan rejected by Palestinians and
much of the international community. Experts say it would likely violate
international law.
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- The new strike on the tent housing displaced people that
killed the mother and children occurred in the central city of Deir al-Balah, according
to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. A strike in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza
killed at least five, including two women and a child, according to Gaza's
Health Ministry.
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- Only one of paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar's 10 children
survived the Israeli strike on their home Friday near the southern city of Khan
Younis. Both the 11-year-old and al-Najjar's husband, also a doctor, were badly
hurt.
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- The charred remains of the other children were brought to
the morgue in a single body bag, said a fellow paediatrician at Nasser
Hospital, Alaa al-Zayan.
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- The home was struck minutes after Hamdi al-Najjar had driven
his wife to the hospital. His brother, Ismail al-Najjar, was the first to
arrive at the scene.
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- “They were innocent children," the brother said, with the
youngest 7 months old. "And my brother has no business with (Palestinian)
factions.”
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- Israel on Saturday said, “The claim regarding harm to
uninvolved civilians is under review." It says it tries to avoid harming
civilians and blames Hamas for their deaths because it operates in densely
populated areas. There was no immediate comment from the military on the latest
strikes.
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- Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly
civilians, in the October 7 attack and abducted 251 people. Around a third of the
remaining hostages are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were
released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.
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- Israel's 19-month offensive has killed over 53,000
Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which says women and children
make up most of the dead. It does not provide figures for the number of
civilians or combatants killed.
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- The offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced
around 90% of the territory's population, often multiple times.
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- A missile from the
Houthis
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- Separately, Israel's military said it intercepted a missile
fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Sunday. It triggered air raid sirens in
Jerusalem and other areas. There were no immediate reports of casualties or
damage.
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- The Iran-backed Houthis have launched repeated missile
attacks targeting Israel as well as international shipping in the Red Sea,
portraying it as a response to Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Most of the
targeted ships had no relation to Israel or the conflict.
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- The United States halted a punishing bombing campaign
against the Houthis earlier this month, saying the rebels had pledged to stop
attacking ships. That informal ceasefire did not include attacks on Israel.