Israel military strikes kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Adam Makary and Menna AlaaElDin

CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli subject said it killed a Palestinian it accused of engagement successful Hamas' October 7 onslaught connected Israel successful a conveyance onslaught successful Gaza, portion medics said astatine slightest 32 Palestinians were killed successful Israeli strikes crossed the enclave overnight and into Saturday.

The escalation comes arsenic leaders of Hamas were expected to get successful Cairo connected Saturday for ceasefire talks with Egyptian officials, days aft Israel and Hezbollah agreed to ceasefire successful Lebanon, 2 officials of the radical told Reuters.

Later connected Saturday medics said 9 radical were killed erstwhile an Israeli aerial onslaught targeted a conveyance adjacent a gathering of Palestinians receiving assistance successful the confederate country of Khan Younis southbound of the enclave.

Residents and a Hamas root told Reuters that the conveyance targeted adjacent a assemblage receiving flour was utilized by information unit tasked with overseeing assistance deliveries into Gaza.

Among the 32 killed, astatine slightest 7 died successful an Israeli onslaught connected a location successful cardinal Gaza City, according to a connection from the Gaza Civil Defense and the authoritative Palestinian quality bureau WAFA aboriginal connected Saturday.

The Gaza Civil Defense besides reported that 1 of its officers was killed successful attacks successful bluish Gaza's Jabalia, bringing the full fig of civilian defence workers killed since October 7, 2023, to 88.

The Israeli subject said it killed a Palestinian it accused of engagement successful Hamas' October 7 onslaught connected Israel successful a conveyance strike, and was investigating claims the idiosyncratic was an worker of assistance radical World Central Kitchen.

Earlier connected Saturday, WAFA reported that 3 employees of World Central Kitchen, a U.S.-based, non-governmental humanitarian agency, were killed erstwhile a civilian conveyance was targeted successful Khan Younis, confederate Gaza.

The World Central Kitchen has not yet commented connected the incident.

NEW EFFORTS TO REVIVE GAZA CEASEFIRE

Egypt is hosting a Hamas delegation successful Cairo connected Saturday to sermon a ceasefire, 2 Hamas officials told Reuters precocious connected Friday.

The sojourn is the archetypal since the United States announced earlier this week it would revive efforts successful collaboration with Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey to negociate a ceasefire successful Gaza, akin to the caller statement reached betwixt Israel and Hezbollah successful Lebanon.

The Hamas delegation is expected to conscionable with Egyptian information officials to research ways to scope a ceasefire woody with Israel. However, advancement remains constricted owed to disagreements betwixt the 2 parties.

Hamas is seeking an statement that would extremity the warfare and unafraid the merchandise of Israeli and overseas hostages held successful Gaza. In contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the warfare volition lone extremity erstwhile Hamas is eradicated.

Meanwhile, a ceasefire successful the parallel struggle betwixt Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah took effect earlier dawn connected Wednesday, halting hostilities that had escalated sharply successful caller months. The accord, announced by U.S. President Joe Biden, overshadowed the Gaza struggle and marked a uncommon infinitesimal of calm successful the region.

Biden has since urged Israel and Hamas to prehend the accidental for a Gaza ceasefire, reiterating his committedness to pursuing a diplomatic resolution.

Israel's subject run successful Gaza has killed astatine slightest 44,382 radical and displaced astir each of the enclave's colonisation astatine slightest once, Gaza officials say. Vast swathes of Gaza prevarication successful ruins.

The struggle was triggered 13 months agone erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israeli communities, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and capturing implicit 250 hostages, according to Israeli officials.