According to Hamas, the Israeli army-led war has left nearly 40,000 people dead in the besieged tiny Palestinian territory, where nearly 2.4 million people have been displaced.
The Civil Defense Unit of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip said this Saturday, August 10, two days after a new Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City killed at least 90 people.
The Israeli military said it had “accurately struck Hamas terrorists operating inside a Hamas command and control center located at al-Tabayin school.”
“Atrocious Massacre”
Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said “90 people died and dozens were injured” in the strike on “Al-Tabayin School” in Al-Sahaba sector in Gaza City. He initially reported 40 people killed and dozens injured.
Mahmoud Bassal described a “horrific massacre” as bodies were set ablaze. According to this source, the school was targeted three times and housed “displaced Palestinians”.
This Thursday, Gaza Civil Defense reported that 18 people were killed in Israeli attacks on two schools in Gaza City. The Israeli military also claimed that these facilities housed Hamas command centers.
Millions were displaced
Israel agreed to resume talks on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on August 15, where the army launched a new operation in Khan Yunis on Friday, after an urgent plea from mediating countries facing the risk of military escalation in the Middle East. East.
Iran, which backs Hamas and other armed groups in the region, accused Israel of seeking to “expand” the war that began on October 7 with an attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil this Thursday.
After ten months of war, the Israeli army continues to fight Hamas in the Palestinian territories, particularly in areas it declared under its control.
The army announced this Friday that it was engaged in “ground and underground” fighting in the southern large city of Khan Younes, where airstrikes targeting more than 30 Hamas terror targets had been reduced to rubble.
He called on people on Thursday to evacuate neighborhoods in the city’s east. Once again pushed onto the roads, the masses piled in on foot, in cars and in trailers with mattresses and luggage.
“We’ve been displaced 15 times, that’s enough,” says Mohammed Abdeen. Another displaced person, Ahmad al-Najjar, shouts his anger: “Enough shame. Stop this travesty.”
The UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) estimated on Friday that “at least 60,000 Palestinians have moved west of Khan Yunis in the last 72 hours”.
40,000 people died
According to Hamas, nearly 40,000 people have died in the besieged tiny Palestinian territory, where nearly 2.4 million people have been displaced, heightening tensions between Iran and its allies, particularly Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel.
Fears of a flare-up grew after Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh blamed Israel on July 31 in Tehran, and the killing of Lebanese Hezbollah’s military chief Fuad Shokr the day before. Israeli attack near Beirut.
On Thursday, the three mediators, Qatar, the United States and Egypt, called for the resumption of indirect ceasefire talks on August 15, indicating that a framework agreement “is now on the table, and all that is missing are the details”. its use.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel “agreed to send a delegation of negotiators to the site on August 15th to finalize the details of a deal.”
His Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stressed the importance of quickly reaching an agreement to guarantee the return of hostages held in Gaza.
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