Dozens were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday agree with a new ceasefire Stay held.
Dozens more were injured in the attacks, according to the ministry, which makes no distinction between citizens and fighters.
Israel has threatened An important military escalation In the coming days unless Hamas lays down his arms and frees the remaining hostages who holds it. But the Palestinian armed group has rejected Israel’s circumstances and an end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal demands in exchange for the release of the prisoners.
The Trump government is trying to put an end to the war, which started after the attack on Israel led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and about 250 people were brought to Gaza as hostages.
According to Gaza Health officials, the subsequent military campaign by Israel against Hamas killed more than 50,000 people, including thousands of children. The Ministry of Health of Gaza said that more than 50 people were killed in the last strikes. Despite its immense toll, the war has not succeeded in subjecting Hamas or to free all hostages.
The United States and Hamas have reached a separate agreement during the weekend Free Edan AlexanderThe last American hostage who is alive in Gaza, which means that Israel is effectively bypassed. President Trump wrote on social media that he hoped it would be the “first of those last steps needed to end this brutal conflict.”
Israeli negotiators traveled to Qatar this week for the last round of indirect ceasefire with Hamas to free the remaining hostages. The next day the office of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, said he had spoken with Steve Witkoff, the Midden -Oosten of Mr. Trump, and the Israeli negotiation team.
But an Israeli official who was familiar with the conversations said there was little expectation of a breakthrough. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.
However, the Israeli military campaign has not stopped. On Tuesday, Israeli planes bombed the area around the European hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis in an attempt Death Muhammad SinwarOne of the top leaders of Hamas in Gaza. Mr. Sinwar’s older brother, Yahya Sinwar, came up with the attacks of October 7 and led Hamas before being killed by Israeli troops last year.
Neither Israel nor Hamas have publicly commented on the fate of the younger Mr. Sinwar.
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