Israel kills 109 in Gaza as Trump says he will be ‘firm’ with Netanyahu

Israeli forces person killed astatine slightest 109 Palestinians successful attacks crossed the Gaza Strip, aesculapian sources told Al Jazeera, adjacent arsenic United States President Donald Trump claimed that helium would beryllium “very firm” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected ending Israel’s warfare connected the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli attacks connected Tuesday destroyed clusters of homes successful the northbound and southbound of Gaza, amid fears of yet different looming crushed invasion.

The attacks travel up of a planned sojourn adjacent week by Netanyahu to Washington, DC. Trump said connected Tuesday that the Israeli premier curate wanted to extremity the warfare connected Gaza, adjacent arsenic his forces ramp up attacks successful Gaza.

Among the Palestinians killed were 16 bare assistance seekers who died erstwhile Israeli soldiers attacked crowds astatine assistance organisation hubs tally by the arguable US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to aesculapian sources.

They are the latest victims successful a question of regular killings astatine these sites, which person killed astir 600 Palestinians since GHF took implicit constricted assistance deliveries successful Gaza successful precocious May amid a crippling Israeli blockade.

More than 170 large planetary charities and nongovernmental organisations have called for an contiguous extremity to GHF, which rights groups accidental is operating successful usurpation of planetary principles.

“Palestinians successful Gaza look an intolerable choice: starve oregon hazard being changeable portion trying desperately to scope nutrient to provender their families,” a associated connection read.

GHF brings “nothing but starvation and gunfire to the radical of Gaza,” it added.

Israeli forces besides attacked Gaza City successful the north, wherever it precocious issued forced evacuation orders for residents of the area, which has already been bombarded into rubble. At slightest 5 radical were killed erstwhile an Israeli quadcopter struck a gathering of people, section quality bureau Wafa reported.

At slightest 82 percent of Gaza is present an Israeli-militarised portion oregon nether forced displacement threats, according to the United Nations, informing radical person obscurity to go.

Ismail, a nonmigratory of the Sheikh Radwan suburb of Gaza City, said that recently displaced families were mounting up tents successful the road, aft fleeing from areas northbound and eastbound of the metropolis and uncovering nary different crushed available.

“We don’t slumber due to the fact that of the sounds of explosions from tanks and planes. The concern is destroying homes eastbound of Gaza, successful Jabalia and different places astir us,” helium said.

‘Waiting country for death’

In Khan Younis and its al-Mawasi country successful the south, astatine slightest 12 Palestinians were killed erstwhile a location belonging to the al-Zanati household was targeted. Separately, a kid was killed and respective others wounded erstwhile an Israeli aerial onslaught struck a displacement camp.

Several much were killed successful an Israeli onslaught westbound of the Nuseirat exile campy successful cardinal Gaza, according to sources astatine al-Awda Hospital, portion 2 others were killed and respective wounded successful a abstracted onslaught connected a UN-run schoolhouse sheltering displaced families successful the al-Maghazi exile camp.

In a statement, the Israeli service said it attacked Gaza much than 140 times successful the past 24 hours, claiming each those deed were “terror targets” and “militants”.

The attacks travel arsenic hospitals successful the devastated enclave conflict to header with the influx of radical amid a terrible shortage of aesculapian supplies and much-needed fuel.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said captious services astatine the al-Shifa Hospital – which has travel nether onslaught and besieged respective times passim Israel’s battle connected Gaza – volition soon travel to a halt.

“Critical services astatine al-Shifa Hospital person either stopped oregon volition halt successful the coming hours arsenic backup generators are moving retired of fuel,” Mahmoud said.

“This infirmary was erstwhile the largest healthcare installation successful Gaza, but has dilatory turned into a waiting country for death, not conscionable due to the fact that of the warfare wounds, but due to the fact that of a deficiency of substance that keeps everything running,” helium said.

Hope for woody ‘next week’

The hopeless concern successful Gaza is expanding the unit connected satellite leaders to unafraid a woody that would extremity the war.

Trump continues to support that a ceasefire woody is close, and that helium hopes 1 volition beryllium secured “sometime adjacent week”, during Netanyahu’s White House visit.

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a adjacent Netanyahu ally, is successful Washington this week for talks with elder officials connected a Gaza ceasefire, Iran and different matters.

Senior Hamas authoritative Sami Abu Zuhri said unit by Trump connected Israel would beryllium cardinal to immoderate breakthrough successful stalled ceasefire efforts.

“We telephone upon the US medication to atone for its misdeed towards Gaza by declaring an extremity to the war,” helium said.

Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from Amman, said determination is “cautious optimism” successful Israel regarding a ceasefire.

“But determination are inactive a batch of concerns, particularly among household members of Israeli captives who person been calling for a deal,” Salhut said, adding that Netanyahu “has ne'er signalled helium wants to extremity the war”.

But Hamas has insisted it would not hold to immoderate woody that does not see a afloat Israeli withdrawal from the Strip and a imperishable halt to the war, which has truthful acold killed much than 56,000 Palestinians since it began successful October 2023.

Meanwhile, cardinal mediator Qatar has reportedly sent an updated connection to Hamas and Israel with insignificant wording changes. According to Axios, the connection includes a 60-day truce and the merchandise of 10 captives, and would service arsenic the ground for negotiations aimed astatine a imperishable extremity to the warfare and caller governance for Gaza.