GAZA CITY — Israel carried out strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 16 Palestinians, a day after the United States announced the launch of the second phase of Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan.
Photos show the aftermath of a deadly Israeli strike last night on the Al-Khatib family home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/CZ6Hm5Pvia
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According to local sources, an Israeli airstrike targeted the family home of Al-Houli in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, killing six, including Al-Qassam Brigades commander Abu Fouad Al-Houli and a 15-year-old girl, and injuring others.
The Israeli military also struck the Khatib family home in the Nuserira camp in central Gaza, killing a man and his wife.
A police post was also attacked last night while officers were trying to arrest Israeli-backed gangs in Gaza City, killing one.
A woman was shot and killed by Israeli fire in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Friday morning.
Earlier on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack near Al-Alam roundabout, west of Rafah city,.
In response, Hamas said Israel committed a “new crime this evening.. This heinous crime and the repeated attacks against Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, constitutes a blatant and repeated violation of the ceasefire agreement.”
It added that the attack “once again confirms that the fascist occupation does not adhere to the agreement and is deliberately working to undermine it, paving the way for the resumption of its genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
It “further demonstrates war criminal Netanyahu’s blatant disregard for the ceasefire agreement reached under US sponsorship and guaranteed by the mediators.”
The attacks come one day after the US announced the start of the second phase of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, saying phase one “delivered historic humanitarian aid and maintained the ceasefire”, despite Israel having violated the agreement more than 1,200 times, killing hundreds of civilians and blocking much-needed aid from entering the enclave.
The Gaza Government Media Office said on Thursday that at least 449 Palestinians have been killed and 1,246 others wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the ceasefire began. — QNN
