Four Palestinians, including two children, have been killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said on Monday, a week after a U.S.
Four Palestinians, including two children, have been killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said on Monday, a week after a U.S. delegation urged Israel to reduce its attacks. The United States met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week to discuss a ceasefire and asked Israel to curb its military operations. Israel has conducted strikes on six of the seven days since that meeting. Israeli forces struck a building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza after issuing evacuation warnings; a family could not leave, and a 4-year-old child was killed while his mother and sister were wounded, according to Awda Hospital. Additional strikes hit three other structures across Gaza. In Deir al-Balah, an earlier strike on a tent killed a man, and the Israeli military said it killed a Hamas militant affiliated with a special forces unit. In Khan Younis, a man was killed and five others wounded, and a 10-year-old girl was killed by tank fire, according to Nasser Hospital. The Israeli military has not commented on the incidents involving the child. The military said the strikes targeted two sites it described as Hamas weapons storage facilities inside mosques in the Shati and Deir al-Balah camps, noting the facilities allegedly contained rifles, magazines and other equipment, though no evidence was provided. Palestinian health authorities report more than 1,288 Palestinian deaths since the October ceasefire, a figure cited by U.N. agencies and independent experts. Hamas said the attacks aim to destabilize Gaza and hinder the ceasefire’s next steps, which include demilitarization and reconstruction, and described the kite incidents as children’s toys. Israeli officials warned that unless Hamas stops launching kites toward Israeli territory, it will increase its strikes. The ongoing violence continues despite the ceasefire, with Israel stating it is responding to ceasefire violations and militant activity, while the United States has reiterated its call for a reduction in attacks.
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