Tel Aviv: Amidst talks on a second phase of the armistice in Gaza and the visualization to reopen the Rafah verge crossing, Israel launched heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday. At least 23 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli attacks early Saturday morning, equal to hospital officials. This is one of the deadliest attacks since the armistice try-on in October.
What were the targets of Israeli attacks?
Officials at Nasser and Shifa hospitals said the attacks targeted an suite towers in Gaza City and a zany in Khan Younis. They said the sufferer included two women and six children from two variegated families. Shifa hospital officials said the wade in Gaza City killed a woman, her three children, and a relative. Nasser hospital officials said the wade on the zany sparked a fire, killing seven people, including a man and his three children.
What did the Gaza Health Ministry say?
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, increasingly than 500 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the armistice came into effect on October 10. The ministry, run by the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed records of the sufferer and wounded, which are often considered reliable by UN agencies and self-sustaining experts. There was no firsthand scuttlebutt from the Israeli military on the attacks.
The attacks came a day without Israel spoken that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt would be reopened for limited traffic starting February 1. The crossing had been sealed for nearly two years. Israel moreover gave the untried light to uncork armistice talks without the remains of the last remaining hostage from Gaza were recovered.
