Israeli strikes kill dozens in gas, including civilians seeking help, say health workers

More than 35 people have been killed in Israeli strikes and shooting from the early hours of Saturday morning, said hospital sources in Gaza.

A hit of a house in a central gas left at least 11 people killed – more than half of them women and children – according to employees at Al -Ali’s Arab hospital in Gaza.

Health workers said nine members of the same family were among those killed in an Israeli blow to Nuseirat refugee camp, and at least six people were killed while seeking help in central and southern gas.

There comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations that Israel “must” finish work “against Hamas.

The Israeli Air Force claims to have hit approximately 120 targets in the Friday strip – including, says the military, “buildings used by terrorist groups, terrorist operating and other infrastructure.”

It is clear that in the recent expanded land of Israel there was no offensive against Hamas, which is now focused mainly on the city of Gaza, where Israel says it is the last fortress of the armed group.

Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled the largest city center in the territory, where hunger was confirmed last month by a non-supported body. But hundreds of thousands of more remain there in difficult humanitarian conditions, with health and other basic services collapsing.

“They tell us to go there, then go back here … People are in the street, south, scattered everywhere. Where should we go?” Salva Subi Bakr said, quoted by AFP.

“What does the world want from us? What does Netanyahu want? What does Hamas want?” she said.

Several members of the Bakr family were killed during a strike at the al-Shaty refugee camp in Gaza, the news agency said, citing the Hamas Civil Protection Agency.

While the international calls for the termination of fire have doubled – backed by Numerous new confessions of Palestinian State In the UN this week – Israel is intended to maintain maximum pressure on Hamas to try to force him to surrender.

This was the message once again from Prime Minister Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly in New York On Friday, where many delegates came out in protest when he took the stage.

Donald Trump again expressed optimism Regarding the negotiation of a transaction that will see the hostages released and a new termination of fire in Gaza.

The US president said his team is close to achieving this goal, as what he called “very inspired and productive discussions” is held with countries in the region.

Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Vikoff, says the United States has invented a new peace plan for 21 points for the Middle East and Gaza.

It has not been officially represented, but various media reports have presented what is said to be its key provisions.

It is reported that they go beyond the release of all hostages, a large number of Palestinian prisoners, and an immediate ceasefire to include what Israel’s times will be the way to a future Palestinian state.

But this is something that Netanyahu categorically rejected in his address to the UN.

It is also reported that the plan would allow the Palestinians to remain in the Gaza Strip instead of encouraging many to leave.

Similar provisions – if confirmed – they will surely talk when Trump meets Netanyahu on Monday. The optimism of the US leader may receive a check on the reality of this meeting.

Israel’s time – which says he has seen a copy of the US proposal – says he also includes a commitment to disarm Hamas, as well as the complete demilitarization of gas and the creation of a process for the disposal of the population.

It is clear that both Hamas and the Israeli government will have to make more concessions than they have already committed to if the plan, as reported before, is to have some chance of success.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an attack led by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were hostage.

At least 65 549 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry in the territory.

Foreign journalists have been banned from entering Gaza independently since Israel launched its offensive in 2023 after Hamas’ attacks on October 7th.

With the two -year anniversary of the attack, led by Hamas against Israel, just over a week, there are many in Israel and Gaza who will hope that they will not have to live in the third year of the war.