Israeli Strike On School Sheltering Displaced Palestinians Kills 16

7/6/2024 11:01:03 PM

(MENAFN- Gulf Times) At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Al-Nuseirat in central Gaza Saturday, the territory's health Ministry and the official Palestinian news agency said.
The ministry, which condemned the strike as an "odious massacre", said another 50 injured were taken to hospital from Al-Jawni school at Nuseirat in central Gaza.
There were 7,000 people sheltering at the UN school, the Hamas-run government's press office said.
Earlier, paramedics said 10 people, including three journalists, died in a strike on a house in Nuseirat.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said two of its workers were killed in a strike at Al-Bureij in central Gaza. The agency has a major food warehouse in the district.
Israel has carried out a military offensive since October 7 that has killed at least 38,098 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to data from the Gaza health ministry.
The attack on the school meant no place in the enclave was safe for families who leave their houses to seek shelters, an official said.
Al-Nuseirat, one of Gaza Strip's eight historic refugee camps, was the site of stepped-up Israeli bombardment Saturday.
Among those killed in separate air strikes were five local journalists, raising the toll of journalists killed since Oct. 7 to 158, according to the Hamas-led Gaza government media office.
Israeli forces, which have deepened their incursions into Rafah, in the south of the enclave near the border with Egypt, killed four Palestinian policemen and wounded eight others, in an air strike on their vehicle Sarturday, health officials said.
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas denies Israeli accusations that it uses civilian properties and facilities for military purposes.
Real progress in truce talks: US
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has accepted a US proposal to begin talks on a Gaza ceasefire and releasing Israeli hostages, Reuters quoted a senior Hamas source as saying.
The group has dropped a demand that Israel first commit to a permanent ceasefire before signing the agreement, and would allow negotiations to achieve that throughout the six-week first phase, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.
A US official declined to confirm the Hamas decision, adding, "There's real progress, but still a lot of work to do."
The proposal could lead to a framework agreement if embraced by Israel and would end the nine-month-old war, a Palestinian official said .
A source in Israel's negotiating team, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Friday there was now a real chance of achieving agreement.
A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Friday his office said talks would continue next week and emphasised that gaps between the sides still remained.

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