‘Where are the international guarantees that were promised?’
Palestinians in Gaza are reeling from continued Israeli attacks, which have occurred intermittently despite the ceasefire, unsure of how – or if – they can begin returning to normal.
“We’re waiting for a real chance to try and rebuild our lives. We started to pick things up again during the first week or two after the war, but then the truce was breached; thankfully, it ended quickly. We hadn’t even caught our breath when the second breach happened,” Mazen Shaheen, a Gaza resident, told Al Jazeera.
One of Shaheen’s friends was wounded in Israeli attacks yesterday – its deadliest violation yet, which killed more than 100 people, including 46 children. His friend’s condition is now stable, he said.
“The message we want to send is this: where are the international guarantees that were promised? Where are the mediating countries that helped broker the ceasefire and pledged to ensure its continuation?”
Smoke billows during an Israeli strike near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip
Israel bombs Khan Younis overnight
Our correspondent on the ground reports that the Israeli army has launched about 10 air strikes on the city in southern Gaza early this morning.
This is despite Israel’s claim on Wednesday that it had returned to the ceasefire after a large wave of deadly attacks across the Strip.
Gaza civil defence reports flurry of activity after Israeli strikes
In a short statement on Telegram, the rescue group says that its teams carried out 197 missions in the past week alone. This news comes after Israel unleashed massive strikes across the enclave yesterday, killing more than 100 people, including 46 children.
Civil defence teams dealt with “15 firefighting missions, 79 rescue incidents and 103 ambulance missions”, the statement reads.
Turkish rescuers still awaiting Israeli approval to enter Gaza: Defence ministry
A Turkish disaster response team is still waiting by the Gaza border for Israeli approval to enter the beseieged enclave to help with search and rescue operations, a defence ministry source has said.
“AFAD is still waiting at the border. Israel still did not issue any authorisation” for the team to enter, the source said, referring to Turkiye’s disaster relief agency, which is waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with a team of 81 specialists.
Israeli air strike destroys electricity company in Gaza
Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that an Israeli air strike has destroyed the electricity company building in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza Strip.
They also reported the Israeli army carried out a demolition operation in Khan Younis itself.
Smoke rises in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, after an Israeli attack
