Israel has launched a new operation in Gaza to pressure Hamas over hostages, with negotiations between Israel and Hamas yet to achieve progress.
Israel launched air strikes and artillery shelling carried out by the Israeli army at dawn on Saturday and continued on Sunday morning.
Six hundred Palestinians were killed, dozens of homes were destroyed and hundreds were injured.
The spokesman for the agency, Mahmoud Basal, said that the victims were women and children, adding that the bombings continued for the fourth day in a row and focussed on various areas in the Strip, including Gaza City, Khan Younis, Deir Al-Balah and Jabaliya.
The spokesman explained that seven young men were killed while trying to return to their homes in the Shajaiya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza, while the targeting of a school housing displaced people in the west of the city killed four others, including a woman and two children.
In Deir al-Balah, in the centre of the Gaza Strip, three separate strikes killed 20 people, one of which hit a humanitarian aid distribution warehouse.
The government’s media office in Gaza condemned the attack, describing it as a “serious escalation” in what it described as a “systematic policy of starvation.”
According to official data, the number of food distribution centres targeted since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023 has risen to 68 facilities.
The Civil Defence Service also reported that 13 others were killed in scattered areas south of the Strip, in addition to 19 killed in shelling of towns in northern Gaza.
In a related context, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the total number of deaths since the beginning of the war rose to 53,272 people, in addition to more than 120,000 injured.
The ministry said that 153 bodies and 459 injured have arrived in hospitals during the past 24 hours.
Despite ongoing negotiations, little progress has been made, and tensions remain high.Israel attacked brutally Gaza strip as the conflict has escalated and taken a new turn to pressure on Hamas over hostages.
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas have yet to achieve progress. The international community has expressed concern, with global protests calling for a ceasefire and accusations of war crimes and genocide against Israel and Hamas. But the situation remains dangerous as following;
– *Humanitarian Crisis*:
The conflict has led to a severe hunger crisis, with a high risk of famine persisting as of May 2025. Over 52,000 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 110,000 injured.
