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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed 13 radical successful the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, according to section wellness officials.
Two of the strikes deed tents successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis, each sidesplitting 2 children and their parents, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Another 5 radical were killed successful strikes elsewhere, according to hospitals.
The Israeli subject says it lone targets militants and tries to debar harming civilians. It blames Hamas for civilian deaths successful the 19-month-old warfare due to the fact that the militants are embedded successful densely populated areas. There was nary contiguous Israeli remark connected the latest strikes.
Israel has sealed Gaza disconnected from each imports, including food, medicine and exigency shelter, for implicit 10 weeks successful what it says is simply a unit maneuver aimed astatine forcing Hamas to merchandise hostages. Israel resumed its violative successful March, shattering a ceasefire that had facilitated the merchandise of much than 30 hostages.
The U.N. and assistance groups accidental nutrient and different supplies are moving debased and hunger is widespread.
Children carrying bare bottles raced aft a h2o tanker successful a devastated country of bluish Gaza connected Sunday. Residents of the built-up Shati exile campy said the h2o was brought by a foundation from elsewhere successful Gaza. Without it, they trust connected wells that are salty and often polluted.
“I americium forced to portion salty water, I person nary choice,” said Mahmoud Radwan. “This causes intestinal disease, and there's nary medicine to dainty it.”
COGAT, the Israeli subject assemblage successful complaint of Palestinian civilian affairs, says capable assistance entered during a two-month ceasefire this twelvemonth and that 2 of the 3 main h2o lines from Israel are inactive functioning. Aid groups accidental the humanitarian situation is worse than astatine immoderate clip successful the 19-month war.
U.S. President Donald Trump, whose medication has voiced afloat enactment for Israel's actions, is acceptable to sojourn Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week successful a determination circuit that volition not see Israel.
The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostage. Fifty-nine hostages are inactive wrong Gaza, astir a 3rd of them believed to beryllium alive, aft astir of the remainder were released successful ceasefire agreements oregon different deals.
Israel’s violative has killed implicit 52,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not accidental however galore of the dormant were combatants oregon civilians. The violative has destroyed immense areas of the territory and displaced immoderate 90% of its colonisation of astir 2 million.
Israel recovers remains of worker killed successful Lebanon successful 1982
In a abstracted development, Israel said it retrieved the remains of a worker killed successful a 1982 conflict successful confederate Lebanon aft helium had been classified arsenic missing for much than 4 decades.
The betterment of Sgt. 1st Class Tzvi Feldman’s remains brought much closure to a lawsuit that has plagued Israel for years. The Israeli subject said his remains were recovered from heavy wrong Syria, without providing further details.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Feldman’s surviving siblings connected Sunday and told them that the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad precocious past twelvemonth led to an “opportunity” that allowed the subject and the Mossad, Israel’s overseas quality agency, to stitchery further quality and yet find and retrieve the body, according to video released by his office.
Feldman went missing, on with 5 different Israeli soldiers, successful a conflict with Syrian forces successful the Lebanese municipality of Sultan Yaaqoub. Several years later, 2 of the missing soldiers were returned live to Israel successful captive exchanges with Syria. The remains of different worker were returned successful 2019, aft Russia said it had helped find them successful Syria, portion the destiny of the different 2 remained unknown.
Cases of soldiers missing for decades person a almighty affectional and governmental resonance successful Israel, wherever subject work is compulsory for astir Jewish men.
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Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman successful Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.
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