Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 42, Hamas says ready for ceasefire talks
Israel has killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces again target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to cope with the wounded.
Hamas says it is ready to start talks “immediately” on a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire, which will allow the desperately needed aid for Gaza.Israeli strike kills Palestinian doctor, children in southern Gaza
Mousa Hamdan Khafaja, a consultant in the obstetrics and gynaecology department at Nasser Medical Complex, has been killed along with several members of his family, including his three children, in an Israeli air strike that targeted a tent for the displaced in the al-Mawasi area. Al-Mawasi was designated a “humanitarian zone” by Israel.
More than 1,580 health workers have been killed so far since October 7, 2023, in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office. They include 90 doctors and 132 nurses.Death toll in Gaza rises
After the recent reports from our medical sources in Gaza, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since dawn in the Gaza Strip has risen to 42.
These attacks have taken place across the Gaza Strip from Gaza City in the enclave’s north to the area around Rafah in the south.Ten killed in attacks near Rafah, Gaza City
We can now bring you reports of more casualties reported across the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources at Nasser Hospital have told Al Jazeera that nine Palestinians, including three children, have been killed by Israeli forces near an aid centre north of Rafah.
A medical source at Ahli Hospital says one Palestinian was also killed and others injured in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.Qassam Brigades claims attack on Israeli forces in southern Gaza
The armed wing of Hamas says it attacked a group of Israeli forces near the Education Directorate in central Khan Younis.
The Qassam Brigades said they targeted two Merkava tanks with explosive devices on Friday, resulting in an unspecified number of casualties, while also targeting an armoured personnel carrier with an Al-Yassin 105 anti-armour rocket.A breakdown of Israeli attacks across Gaza today
Earlier, we reported that at least 29 people had been killed since this morning.
Here is a summary of several of those incidents:
At least six people were killed and more than 10 injured in an Israeli shelling of displaced tents in the al-Mawasi area west of the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Nasser Medical Complex. Al-Mawasi was designated as a “humanitarian zone” by Israel.
In Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, Israeli forces bombarded the al-Shafi School, killing at least five people and injuring others.
Two people were killed after Israeli military jets targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, also in central Gaza, says four people were killed after the Israeli army targeted an aid distribution point on Salah al-Din Street, south of Wadi Gaza.
The Gaza civil defence says it rescued 11 injured individuals, including children, after an air strike targeted a house belonging to the al-Zinati family near the Gifted School in Sheikh Radwan, northwest Gaza City.
