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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli subject announced Sunday that it killed a longtime spokesperson for Hamas' equipped wing, arsenic the country's information furniture met to sermon the expanding violative successful immoderate of Gaza 's astir populated areas.
There were nary plans to sermon negotiations for a ceasefire astatine the meeting, according to an authoritative who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to talk with the media.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz identified the spokesperson arsenic Abu Obeida, the nom de guerre for the authoritative who represented Hamas’ Qassam Brigades. He was killed implicit the weekend. Hamas has not commented connected the claim.
Obeida’s past connection was issued Friday arsenic Israel began the archetypal stages of the caller violative and declared Gaza City a combat zone. His connection said the militants would bash their champion to support surviving hostages but warned that they would beryllium successful areas of fighting. He said the remains of dormant hostages would “disappear forever.”
Israel’s subject said the spokesperson, whom it identified arsenic Hudahaifa Kahlout, had been down the merchandise of videos showing hostages arsenic good arsenic footage of the Hamas-led onslaught that sparked the war.
Israel has killed galore of Hamas’ subject and governmental leaders arsenic it attempts to dismantle the radical and forestall an onslaught similar the 1 connected Oct. 7, 2023, erstwhile militants abducted 251 radical and killed astir 1,200, mostly civilians, successful confederate Israel.
A ‘death trap’ portion seeking food
At slightest 43 Palestinians were killed since Saturday, astir of them successful Gaza City, according to section hospitals. Shifa Hospital, the territory’s largest, said 29 bodies were brought to its morgue, including 10 radical killed portion seeking assistance and others struck crossed the city.
“Where are the absorption fighters that (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu claims helium is bombing? Does helium see stones absorption fighters?” said a comparative of 1 of the dormant astatine Shifa Hospital, who did not springiness her name. She said they would not beryllium displaced.
Hospital officials reported 11 different fatalities from strikes and gunfire. Al-Awda Hospital said 7 of them were civilians trying to scope aid.
Witnesses said Israeli troops opened occurrence connected crowds successful the Netzarim Corridor, an Israeli subject portion that bisects Gaza.
“We were trying to get food, but we were met with the occupation’s bullets,” said Ragheb Abu Lebda, who saw astatine slightest 3 radical bleeding from gunshot wounds. “It’s a decease trap.”
The corridor has go progressively perilous. Civilians person been killed arsenic United Nations humanitarian convoys are overwhelmed by looters and hopeless crowds, oregon changeable connected their mode to sites tally by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed U.S. contractor.
The GHF told The Associated Press that determination was “no incidental astatine oregon adjacent our tract today.” Israel's subject did not respond to questions astir Sunday’s casualties.
Too exhausted to evacuate
Israel for weeks has been operating connected the outskirts of Gaza City and the Jabaliya exile campy to hole for the offensive's archetypal stages. The subject has intensified aerial attacks connected coastal areas of the city, including Rimal.
In Rimal, quiescent Palestinians looked done the rubble aft a strike, immoderate venturing into the precocious floors of shattered buildings that were inactive standing. A kid tried to propulsion a buying cart loaded with integrative jugs implicit the debris.
The subject has urged the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians successful Gaza City to fly south, but galore accidental they are exhausted aft repeated displacements oregon unconvinced that immoderate harmless spot successful Gaza remains.
The United Nations says astir 65,000 Palestinians person evacuated since Aug. 1, including 23,199 successful the past week. More than 90% of the implicit 2 cardinal Palestinians successful Gaza person been displaced astatine slightest erstwhile during the war, galore of them aggregate times, according to the U.N.
Israel has signaled that assistance to Gaza City could beryllium cut, and it has announced caller infrastructure projects successful confederate Gaza — steps that Palestinians accidental magnitude to forced displacement.
More deaths from hunger
Seven much Palestinian adults died of malnutrition-related causes implicit the past 24 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday.
That brought the big decease toll from malnutrition-related causes to 215 since June erstwhile the ministry started to number them, it said, and 124 children person died of malnutrition-related causes since the warfare began.
A flotilla of ships departed Sunday from Barcelona for Gaza with humanitarian assistance and activists connected board, seeking to interruption the Israeli blockade of the territory. Similar attempts successful the past person failed.
At slightest 63,371 Palestinians person died during the war, said the ministry, which does not accidental however galore were fighters oregon civilians but that astir fractional person been women and children.
The ministry is portion of the Hamas-run authorities and staffed by aesculapian professionals. The U.N. and autarkic experts see it the astir reliable root connected warfare casualties. Israel disputes the figures but has not provided its own.
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Metz reported from Jerusalem and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press Writer Melanie Lidman successful Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.
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