Israeli forces have bombed a house in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, killing at least seven Palestinians, and again opened fired on aid seekers in northern Gaza City, killing 19 more people.
Mediation efforts to end the bloodshed in Gaza appear to be struggling, with a Hamas official telling Al Jazeera that Israeli negotiators have rejected their latest proposals for a ceasefire.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described starvation in Gaza as a “moral outrage” after inspecting blocked aid at the Rafah border crossing.At least 32,142 Palestinians have been killed and 74,412 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attack stands at 1,139, with dozens taken captive.
Israeli forces have raided a shop in Hebron in the occupied West Bank and detained Palestinians inside, according to local media reports verified by Al Jazeera.Israeli forces have also closed shops and set up military barriers during a raid on Husan village near Bethlehem, local official Rami Hamamra told the Wafa news agency.
About 80 percent of the shops in Hebron’s old city have been shuttered due to military curfews and closures, the Hebron Reconstruction Committee said earlier this month.