Amid reports that a Gaza ceasefire deal is advancing, Israeli strikes continued to pound the Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 63 Palestinians since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera early Wednesday morning.
Among the dead were two children killed by an Israeli attack while sheltering in a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Sources told Al Jazeera that a total of 28 Palestinians were killed in central and southern Gaza.
Israeli strikes also hit northern Gaza, killing several Palestinians in Gaza City, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. An Israeli attack on a gathering of civilians in the al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, killed at least two.
On Tuesday night, an Israeli strike on a building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah killed at least 13 Palestinians.
Hani Mahmoud, an Al Jazeera reporter in central Gaza, said there was cautious optimism among Palestinians over the reports of a ceasefire deal being close. “Everybody’s anxious and waiting, but there are still people who keep saying that they have been let down so many times in the past,” he said.
“There is still caution surrounding their optimism, given that there was no ceasefire deal in the past. They remember when they were told the last time there were talks in Cairo, the Israeli military invaded the northern part of the Gaza Strip,” Mahmoud added.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update, which it releases about mid-day Gaza time, that Israeli strikes killed at least 61 Palestinians and wounded 281 over the past 24 hours, a total that includes casualties from Monday.
The Health Ministry’s numbers only account for dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals and morgues. “There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
A new study published in The Lancet found the Health Ministry’s numbers were a significant undercount, likely by 41%. The study said that as of October 2024, the true death toll was likely over 70,000, which only accounts for violent deaths, not indirect deaths caused by the US-backed Israeli siege.
”Ceasefire?….?….!
A "ceasefire" to Israel is like a boxer setting up his opponent for a right hook! Israel does not know the meaning of "honoring"!
Neither does the USA or EU for that matter. That's why we got the mess in the Ukraine.
Or – we love Saddam Hussein when he helped us with Iran and then just as quickly – we hate him let's kill him.
Neither does the Palestinians.
I am sorry but I am totally against those "cease fire peace talks". Frist of all they mean nothing – zero – to Israel or the USA who do not keep treaties or agreements.
Secondly, those peace talks do not address anythign that has already been done. Are they going to forget the genocide and continue as before with Israel and the US supervising Palestinians?
Exactly. The old status quo shouldn't be acceptable either. Especially now that the outdoor prison is uninhabitable.
What prison allows one to wear Adias pull overs?
I know hey? I mean of all the criteria that makes one free, who wouldn't have being able to wear an "Adias pull over" number one on their list? Even if I lived on a strip of land where everything that came in or went out was controlled by an outside force, it wouldn't matter. As long as I could wear my "Adias pull over", I knew I was free. Now, do I need the sarcasm thingy?
Does anyone in photo look like they are starving?
You sure are the Stupidest poster in Antiwar.com history…!
“Timmy” is an obvious Hamas plant to make Zionists look evil, hearltess and stupid.
Nice try Abdul but we’re on to you!
Which means no one is starving. Right? I don't see any amputees either, so I would assume there are none.