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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Israeli strikes implicit the past 24 hours killed astatine slightest 38 radical successful Gaza, including children, section wellness officials said Sunday, with nary information disposable for a 2nd consecutive time from now-inaccessible hospitals successful the north.
Further details emerged of the Palestinian doc who mislaid 9 of her 10 children successful an Israeli onslaught connected Friday.
Gaza's Health Ministry said 3,785 radical person been killed since Israel ended a ceasefire successful March, vowing to destruct Hamas and instrumentality the 58 hostages it inactive holds from the Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught that triggered the war. Hamas has said it volition lone merchandise the hostages successful speech for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.
Israel besides blocked each food, medicine and substance from entering Gaza for 2 1/2 months earlier letting a trickle of assistance participate past week, aft experts' warnings of famine and unit from immoderate of Israel's apical allies.
Smoke rises to the entity pursuing an detonation successful the bluish of Gaza Strip arsenic seen from confederate Israel, Friday, May 23, 2025.
(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was visiting Israel connected Sunday and was gathering with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel is pursuing a caller U.S.-backed program to power each assistance to Gaza, which the United Nations has rejected. U.N. World Food Program enforcement manager Cindy McCain told CBS she has not seen grounds to enactment Israel's claims that Hamas is liable for the looting of assistance trucks. "These radical are desperate, and they spot a World Food Program motortruck coming successful and they tally for it," she said.
COGAT, the Israeli defence assemblage overseeing assistance for Gaza, said 107 trucks of assistance entered Sunday. The U.N. has called the complaint acold from enough. About 600 trucks a time entered during the ceasefire.
Israel besides says it plans to prehend afloat power of Gaza and facilitate what it describes arsenic the voluntary migration of its implicit 2 cardinal population, a program rejected by Palestinians and overmuch of the planetary community.
More connected the sidesplitting of a doctor's 9 children
In Friday's strike, lone 1 of pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar's 10 children survived astatine their location adjacent the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis. The 11-year-old and al-Najjar's husband, besides a doctor, were severely hurt.
The children's charred remains were enactment successful a azygous assemblage bag, said a chap pediatrician astatine Nasser Hospital, Alaa al-Zayan.
The location was struck minutes aft Hamdi al-Najjar had driven his woman to the hospital. His brother, Ismail al-Najjar, was archetypal to get astatine the scene.
"They were guiltless children," the member said, the youngest 7 months old. "And my member has nary concern with (Palestinian) factions."
Israel has said "the assertion regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is nether review." It blames Hamas for civilian deaths due to the fact that it operates successful densely populated areas.
There was nary contiguous remark from the subject connected the latest strikes. One killed a parent and 2 children successful the cardinal metropolis of Deir al-Balah, according to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Another successful bluish Gaza's Jabaliya country killed astatine slightest five, including 2 women and a child, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
Also connected Friday successful Khan Younis, 2 International Committee of the Red Cross staffers were killed erstwhile shelling struck their home, the ICRC said.
"This is not an endless war," Israel's subject main of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, said during a sojourn to Khan Younis. Recent ceasefire talks successful Qatar gained nary ground.
Hamas-led militants killed immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, successful the Oct. 7 onslaught and abducted 251. Around a 3rd of the remaining hostages are believed to beryllium alive. Israel's 19-month violative has killed implicit 53,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which says women and children marque up astir of the dead. It does not supply figures for the fig of civilians oregon combatants killed.
New from Hezbollah's leader
Speaking connected the day of Israel's withdrawal from confederate Lebanon successful 2000, Hezbollah person Naim Kassem reiterated the Lebanese militant group's stance that it volition not sermon giving up its remaining weapons until Israel withdraws from the 5 borderline points it occupies successful confederate Lebanon and stops its airstrikes.
The code came astir six months aft the latest Israel-Hezbollah warfare ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Under the deal, Israel and Hezbollah were expected to retreat forces from confederate Lebanon.
Israeli officials person said they program to stay astatine the 5 points indefinitely to unafraid their border. Israel has besides continued to transportation retired near-daily airstrikes successful confederate Lebanon and sometimes successful Beirut's suburbs.
"We adhered completely" to the agreement, Kassem said, adding: "Don't inquire america for thing other from present on. Let Israel withdraw, halt its aggression, merchandise the prisoners and fulfill each obligations nether the agreement. After that, we volition sermon each caller development."
A rocket from the Houthis
Separately, Israel's subject said it intercepted a rocket fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels connected Sunday. It triggered aerial raid sirens successful Jerusalem and different areas. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties oregon damage.
The Iran-backed Houthis person launched repeated rocket attacks targeting Israel arsenic good arsenic planetary shipping successful the Red Sea, portraying it arsenic a effect to Israel's subject run successful Gaza. Most of the targeted ships had nary narration to Israel oregon the conflict.
The United States halted a punishing bombing run against the Houthis earlier this month, saying the rebels had pledged to halt attacking ships. That informal ceasefire did not see attacks connected Israel.
Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Abby Sewell successful Beirut contributed.
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