29 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza hospital
- Gaza’s civil defence says at least 29 people killed in “a series of air strikes on the northern and western sides” of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
- Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground says patients and staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital were “soaked in blood” after multiple Israeli drone strikes.
Five people killed in Israeli air strike on Nuseirat refugee camp
At least five people, including children, were killed during an Israeli air strike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The Wafa news agency reported that Israeli warplanes targeted a house that had been evacuated before the attack, which resulted in the killing of five people and wounding of several others in neighbouring homes.
Three of those who were killed were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
Since the war began in October 2023, at least 44,612 Palestinians have been killed and 105,834 wounded by Israeli attacks.
Israel claims to have killed senior Hamas fighters
Earlier today, the Israeli army said an air attack was carried out in collaboration with Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency where Majdi Aqilan, one of the commanders who took part in the attack on Nahal Oz settlement in Israel on October 7, was among the several senior fighters killed.
The army claimed Aqilan served as deputy commander of the Shati Battalion in the northern and central Gaza Strip.
Ahmed Suwaidan, another commander, and Mamdouh Mehna, a senior member of the tunnelling unit of Hamas, were also killed, the statement added.
Hamas did not immediately respond to the Israeli military’s statement.
Civil defence teams retrieve two bodies in Rafah
Civil defence teams in Gaza retrieved the bodies of two people in the al-Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah in southern Gaza.
On Telegram, the group said the two people were targeted by Israeli aircraft.
This comes after teams retrieved the bodies of three people who were targeted by an Israeli attack in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah city, earlier today.
Hamas official says Gaza ceasefire talks have resumed
Earlier today, a Hamas official said international mediators resumed negotiating with the Palestinian group and Israel over a ceasefire in Gaza, and that he was hopeful a deal to end the 14-month war was within reach.
Ceasefire negotiations were halted last month when Qatar suspended talks with mediators from Egypt and the United States because of frustration over a lack of progress between Israel and Hamas.
But there has been a “reactivation” of efforts in recent days to end the fighting, release captives from Gaza and free Palestinian prisoners in Israel, according to Basem Naim, an official in Hamas’s political bureau who spoke with The Associated Press news agency.
