Casualty figures rise from Israeli drone strike on Gaza City vehicle
One of Israel’s deadliest strikes on Saturday targeted a vehicle in Gaza City. The drone blast killed 11 people and wounded at least 20 others in Remal neighbourhood, said Rami Mhanna, managing director of al-Shifa Hospital, where the casualties were taken.
The majority of the wounded were children, hospital director Muhammad Abu Salmiya said. Video and still images showed children and others inspecting the blackened vehicle with its top blown off.
Another strike targeting a house in Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza, killed three people, including a woman, according to al-Aqsa Hospital.
“Suddenly, I heard a powerful explosion. I looked outside and saw smoke covering the entire area. I couldn’t see a thing. I covered my ears and started shouting to the others in the tent to run,” said Khalil Abu Hatab.
“When I looked again I realised the upper floor of my neighbour’s house was gone. It’s a fragile ceasefire. This is not a life we can live. There’s no safe place.”
An injured child at al-Awda Hospital following Israeli strikes on Saturday
‘No truth’: Hamas denies media reports saying it called off Gaza truce
A senior Hamas official has refuted media reports saying the Palestinian group announced the Gaza ceasefire “is over” after repeated Israeli attacks killed more than 300 people since the truce began.
“Israel is fabricating pretexts to evade the agreement and return to the war of annihilation, while it is the one violating the agreement daily and systematically,” Ezzat al-Risheq, member of the Hamas political bureau, told Quds News Network.
“There is no truth to what the Israeli sources published regarding Hamas informing [Steve] Witkoff that the agreement has ended. We have called on the mediators and the US administration to intervene and compel Israel to implement the agreement.”
Unnamed sources told Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya that Hamas said “the agreement is over” and “Gaza will not become another Lebanon” after Saturday attacks by Israel killed more than 20 people.
Palestinians injured in Israeli strike on Deir el-Balah arrive at Gaza hospital
The Israeli army launches attacks on several areas across the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire, targeting a building belonging to the Abu Shawish family in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir el-Balah
