"Violence has persisted in the Palestinian territory despite a US-brokered ceasefire entering its second phase earlier this month. Both Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have accused each other of violating the fragile truce agreement. A series of strikes hit locations across Gaza on Saturday, including a Hamas-run police station, apartments in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis, according to local officials."
"The Israeli military said in a statement that the strikes were in response to a breach of the ceasefire on Friday when eight Palestinians were detected exiting a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It said forces "struck four commanders and additional terrorists from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organisations across the Gaza Strip." Hamas called Saturday's strikes "a brutal crime.""
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 28 people, including children, women and one elderly man, with strikes hitting a Hamas-run police station, apartments in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis. Palestinian civil defense reported apartments, tents, shelters and a police station were targeted, calling the result a humanitarian catastrophe. Violence continued despite a US-brokered ceasefire entering its second phase; both Israel and Hamas accused each other of violations. Israel said strikes responded to a ceasefire breach when eight Palestinians exited a Rafah tunnel and said forces struck four commanders and additional terrorists. Hamas called the strikes a "brutal crime." Rafah crossing is due to reopen for limited movement.
Read at www.dw.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]