Israeli Strikes Kill At Least 10 In Gaza, Including Children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli attacks Gaza At least 10 Palestinians were killed on Thursday, local hospitals said, even though most of the world’s attention was focused on Palestine. Conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Nine people were killed in at least four separate attacks in Gaza City overnight, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies. The hospital said the victims included two women and two children.

At least one person was killed and another injured in another attack in Gaza on Thursday evening, according to the Red Crescent-run Saraya Field Hospital.

Footage of one of the attacks showed a large hole in the upper floor of what appeared to be a residential building. The explosion caused holes to open in the interior walls and scattered bloody items into the room and onto the street.

“They say the war has stopped, but the war has not stopped,” said Walid Shbeir, the uncle of one of the men killed in the attacks, as relatives mourned the victims at Shifa Hospital. “There are murders every night, we have martyrs. Every night, morning, evening, night, this murder is constant for us.”

The Israeli military said night attacks in northern Gaza killed four Hamas militants, whom it described as senior members of an apparatus responsible for protecting Hamas leaders and providing them with intelligence assessments. The military said steps were taken before the attacks, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance, to reduce the risk of harm to civilians.

It was unclear what the evening attack aimed at and the military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Israel killed last week Hamas’ senior military leadertwo weeks after the strikes that killed his predecessor.

The deaths were the latest in the coastal region since then. October ceasefire agreement tried to stop something more than two years of war Between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas group in Gaza. As the heaviest conflicts end, the fragile ones truce witnessed Israeli fire almost every day.

Israeli forces have launched repeated airstrikes and frequent gunfire on Palestinians under military control since the ceasefire came into force, killing 936 people, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, is generally viewed as trustworthy by United Nations agencies and independent experts. It does not provide a breakdown of civilian and militant deaths.

Militants have launched armed attacks on troops, and Israel says its attacks are in response to ceasefire violations or threats to its troops. After the ceasefire, 4 Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza.

Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to a Hamas offensive in October 2023 that killed nearly 1,200 people and took 251 hostage.

According to the Global Sumud Flotilla, at least 11 international activists trying to draw attention to the Israeli blockade of Gaza were detained in Libya for more than a week while trying to reach Libya by land.

In the news in the Libyan press, it was stated that the activists were detained due to illegal entry and lack of permission. Global Sumud organizers said the participants all had valid visas.

organization naval fleetThe ship, consisting of dozens of boats, was stopped before reaching Gaza last month. Hundreds of Activists deported via Israel and Greece. Israel accused the flotilla of being a “public relations stunt” carrying too little aid.

More than 200 healthcare workers and activists are trying to use a separate overland route to reach Gaza. They left Mauritania on May 15 and headed towards Egypt to enter Gaza through the Rafah gate.

Global Sumud said a Tunisian citizen was arrested on May 19 while returning home about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the Libya-Tunisia border. On May 24, 10 more people were detained while trying to negotiate safe passage for their convoy at a checkpoint near Sitre in Libya, on the Mediterranean coast, less than half way between Tunisia and Egypt.

Condemning the detentions as “illegal” and “arbitrary”, the organization said that Libya first announced that it would detain activists from Tunisia, Argentina, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Uruguay, Poland and Spain on May 25. Detentions were extended for another 10 days on Tuesday.

Associated Press writers Melanie Lidman and Natalie Melzer contributed from Tel Aviv, Israel.