lIsraeli forces bombed several points in the Gaza Strip this Fridayincluding a refugee camp, on the same day that the war between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas turns eight months old.
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The conflict that began on October 7 has claimed tens of thousands of lives, devastated much of the Gaza Strip and displaced most of its 2.4 million people. who are at risk of famine.
The bombing continued on Friday throughout the Palestinian territory, controlled since 2007 by the Islamist movement Hamas.
In Deir Al Balah, in the center, six people were killed and six others wounded by a missile attack on the home of a family in the Al Maghazi refugee camp, a medical source said.
In Gaza City, Two people were killed and several injured in an Israeli missile attack on a house, according to a hospital source.
In response to the October 7 attack, the Israeli army launched an offensive that has left at least 36,654 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, where Hamas has ruled since 2007.
The army also attacked with artillery the camps of Al Maghazi and Al Bureij, in the center of the Strip, as well as the city of Al Qarara, near Khan Younis, and Rafah, according to local sources.
Military operations in Rafah, a crowded city in the south of the enclave, have forced a million Palestinians to flee, according to the UN. The border crossing with Egypt, essential for the entry of international aid to the besieged territory, remains closed.
The balance of the war in Gaza in figures
That day 251 people were taken hostage. After a truce in November, which allowed about a hundred to be released, 120 are still held in Gaza, 41 of whom have died, according to the Israeli army.
In response to the attack, the Israeli army launched an offensive that has left at least 36,654 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, where Hamas has ruled since 2007.
Army fighter jets (…) carried out a precise attack against a Hamas base located inside a UNRWA school in the Nuseirat region
According to the Israeli army, which claimed responsibility for the attack, there was “a Hamas base” at the school.
“Army fighter jets… carried out a precise strike against a Hamas base located inside a UNRWA school in the Nuseirat region,” he said.
On the diplomatic front, Biden presented on May 31 a roadmap, proposed by Israel, according to him, which provides, in a first phase, for a six-week ceasefire accompanied by an Israeli withdrawal from the densely populated areas of Gaza. , the release of some Palestinian hostages and prisoners.
Hamas will give its response to the proposal “in the coming days,” a senior official was quoted as saying on Thursday. Al Qahera Newsa medium close to the Egyptian intelligence services.
How is the truce proposal in Gaza progressing?
“We mediators have not yet received a response from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) regarding the latest proposal,” Majed al-Ansari told Qatar’s state news agency.
Hamas “has indicated that it is still studying the proposal,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman added.
Qatar, together with the United States and Egypt, have been mediating indirect negotiations for months to agree on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
*With AFP
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