After nearly five months of fighting, more than 30,300 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military has continued to bombard the Gaza Strip as Qatar, the United States, and Egypt try to broker a cease-fire agreement with Israel and Hamas. On Saturday March 2, especially in Khan Yunis and Rafah, in the south of the Palestinian enclave.
At least 92 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas' health ministry said on Saturday. According to him, at least eleven people were killed. Saturday, “And nearly 50 people, including children, were injured.”, in a strike on a tent camp housing displaced people near a hospital in Rafah. The Israeli military, for its part, said it carried out “A Precision Strike” Against a second armed group, Islamic Jihad fighters, in the Gaza Strip “There was no damage to the hospital in the area”.
Images posted on social networks, which the AFP could not independently verify, showed many bleeding people lying on the road and rescuers tending to the injured.
An AFP reporter at the scene saw injured people being taken on stretchers to another hospital in Rafah.
In a news release On that dayTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO).“Terrible” and D'“terrible” Tents of displaced people may have been targeted. “Health workers and civilians are not targets and must be protected at all times”He added, a call “Ceasefire”. About 1.5 million Palestinians, the majority displaced by Israeli fighting and airstrikes in other parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, are concentrated in the city at the enclave's southern tip.
• Negotiations for a ceasefire resumed Sunday in Cairo
A Hamas delegation is expected in Cairo on Saturday, where talks on a ceasefire in Gaza are set to resume on Sunday, a source close to the Palestinian Islamist movement and Egyptian intelligence told Al Qahera News.
Qatar, the United States and Egypt are trying to broker a deal between Hamas and Israel that would provide for a six-week ceasefire tied to the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners captured by Israel. On February 25, Egyptian, Qatari, American, Israeli technical experts and Hamas executives met in Doha and Cairo, announcing that the country would host the next round. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, at the beginning of the week “faith” Regarding the signing of an agreement at the beginning of Ramadan, before qualifying for his intervention.
About 250 people were abducted and taken to Gaza in an unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas in Israel, resulting in 1,160 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally from official Israeli data.
In response, Israel swore “To destroy » Hamas and launched a massive ground and air offensive that killed more than 30,300 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.
• According to Washington, “the ball is in Hamas's court
On Saturday, a senior US official, for his part, assured Israel on condition of anonymity “more or less” Agreed to a truce, henceforth “The ball was in Hamas's court” For it to take effect.
It is an existing contract “Six-week ceasefire [qui] It could begin today in Gaza if Hamas agrees to release a well-defined category of vulnerable hostages.”As he notes, for the moment, “The discussions continued.”
According to a source close to the Islamist movement who spoke to AFP quoted above, the agreement reached by Hamas requires the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, a return to the north of the displaced Gaza Strip and a humanitarian entry. Aid to people threatened by famine, as part of negotiations for a ceasefire.
In Israel, nearly 15,000 people descended on Jerusalem on Saturday following a four-day march aimed at pressuring the Israeli government to reach an agreement with Hamas over the release of hostages held in Gaza.
• First airdrops of US humanitarian aid
The United States began a humanitarian aid operation Saturday in the Gaza Strip, which is threatened by famine, according to the United Nations. Three US military aircraft 66 were shot down “package” The joint operation with Jordan equates to more than 38,000 meals, according to the US military command for the Middle East (CENTCOM).
The U.S. move comes two days after Israeli soldiers opened fire on hungry crowds rushing a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza City, a tragedy that killed 116 people, according to the Palestinian Islamic Movement. Faced with the difficulties of transporting humanitarian aid by road, particularly to the north of the besieged territory, several countries have recently parachuted supplies, notably Jordan, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and Egypt in cooperation. With the United Arab Emirates.
Humanitarian aid to Gaza is dwindling “Required assistance cannot be diverted through as many ground channels as possible.”However, a senior US official made the announcement during an interview with reporters on Saturday. Another official said the US is also considering providing aid by sea.
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