Three killed in Gaza City as Israel escalates attacks
An attack has killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza City, our colleagues on the ground report.
We’re also getting reports of more Israeli attacks in different areas of the besieged territory.
Israel’s army attacks northern, central Gaza as ceasefire time passes
Israeli artillery shelling and air raids resumed in Khan Younis in the south and Nuseirat in the central Strip despite the Gaza ceasefire starting according to mediators’ timeline.
“The Israeli army continues to prepare for defense and attack, and will not allow the security of the residents of the State of Israel to be harmed,” it said in a statement.
The planned ceasefire – agreed after a year of intensive mediation by Qatar and Egypt – is the first step in a long and fragile process aimed at winding down the 15-month war.
PM Netanyahu said he instructed the military that the ceasefire “will not begin until Israel has in its possession the list of hostages to be freed, which Hamas committed to provide”. He had issued a similar warning the night before.
Israeli drone attack wounds many in Gaza City
We earlier reported an Israeli attack killed at least three Palestinians in eastern Gaza City. Now we have information that several people were wounded in Israeli drone fire.
Displaced Palestinians out on Gaza City streets
Some 90 percent of Gaza’s population has been displaced
Gaza rescuers say 8 killed, 25 wounded in Israeli attacks
Gaza’s civil defence agency says Israeli attacks killed at least eight people and wounded dozens after 06:30 GMT, when the ceasefire was supposed to take effect. Agency spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said three people were killed in northern Gaza and five in Gaza City, with 25 wounded.
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