UN chief Antonio Guterres said the levels of death and injuries in northern Gaza are “heartbreaking” and described the plight of Palestinians as “unbearable”.
Israeli attacks have killed more than 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in less than a day, most in the north of the enclave which has been the scene of a new Israeli ground offensive over the past three weeks. the UN chief said. describe the fate of civilians as “unbearable”.
At least 11 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured after an attack on a school in northern Gaza on Sunday.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Tel Aviv Tribune’s Hind Khoudary said the school is in the middle of the Shati refugee camp, a densely populated camp in northern Gaza.
“The Israeli strike killed at least eight Palestinians, including three journalists and an eight-year-old girl named Zayn al-Ghoul, who was waiting in line to receive cookies from the school,” she said, adding that the toll could be high. climb because the number of injuries was high.
The Israeli military said it was studying the report on the attack on the school. The army added that it had killed more than 40 Hamas fighters in the Jabalia region in the past 24 hours, dismantled infrastructure and located large quantities of military equipment.
Hamas has not yet commented on Jabalia’s strikes.
Israeli military strikes on the towns of Jabalia, Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza have so far killed around 800 people during the three-week offensive, Gaza’s health ministry said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked by the appalling levels of death, injuries and destruction” in northern Gaza.
“The plight of Palestinian civilians trapped in northern Gaza is unbearable,” Guterres’ spokesperson said.
As the death toll from Israeli reprisals in Gaza approaches 43,000 since the war began on October 7, and the densely populated enclave lies in ruins, new ceasefire talks have begun in Doha.
On Sunday, the directors of the CIA and Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, traveled to Qatar to meet with the Qatari prime minister to discuss a ceasefire agreement. Egyptian officials are also participating in the talks.
Separately, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi proposed a two-day ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for Israeli and Palestinian prisoners.
Meanwhile, in Lebanon on Sunday, Israeli forces continued air raids on the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut after warning residents in several neighborhoods to leave their homes.
Israeli forces also targeted southern Lebanon. At least eight people were killed and 25 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese coastal town of Sidon. Lebanese officials said at least 21 people were taking part in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon.
In retaliation, Hezbollah launched attacks across the border into northern Israel.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in London on Friday, but did not call for an immediate ceasefire. Washington provides weapons and diplomatic cover to Israel, condemned for violating the rules of war.
