Pregnant woman pulled from rubble in Jabalia
We have more on the deadly Israeli assault on the northern Jabalia refugee camp. The Associated Press news agency, citing the Indonesian Hospital, is reporting that the death toll from the attack, which hit a house on Sunday afternoon, has risen to seven people, including two women.
Among the survivors was a pregnant woman, Alaa Manoun. She appeared to be in shock when she was pulled from the rubble onto a stretcher and taken to hospital. She later wept after learning that her youngest daughter had been killed, along with her husband and mother. Two other daughters, aged 4 and 7, were injured.
Manoun had a broken ankle but otherwise seemed OK, according to a doctor. No scan was available, since the only machine in northern Gaza was at al-Ahli Hospital, now damaged.
“We don’t know whose body is this and whose body is that,” said a neighbour, Abdallah Dardouna. “There is no resistance, there is no Qassam, no Hamas, there is no one here. It’s only civilians here.”
Egypt, Qatar working with US on new ceasefire proposal: Report
Israel’s Haaretz newspaper is reporting that Egypt and Qatar are working with the US to ensure that any implementation of another stage of the hostage deal will be accompanied by continued negotiations to end the war.
The newspaper cited Palestinian sources familiar with the talks.
Haaretz added that Egypt has proposed that “Hamas dismantle its offensive weapons under Egyptian supervision in order to provide Israel with security guarantees following the implementation of the agreement”.
Neither Hamas nor Israel has commented on the report.
Israel has imposed a total blockade on Gaza and resumed its war on March 18 after demanding that the Palestinian group accept new terms. Hamas, however, has insisted on an Israeli commitment to ending the war on Gaza in order to free more Israeli captives held in the territory.
“We will not accept a partial deal of ‘hostages for food’ alone, after which the massacre would resume. We will not break,” senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi told reporters in Cairo.
