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Egypt Independent
3 days ago
- Health
- Egypt Independent
Children killed collecting water in Gaza, medical officials say, as ceasefire talks hit sticking points
CNN — Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter. Hopes had been high for the latest negotiations but after days of negotiations the two sides accused each other of blocking an agreement while on the ground there has been no let-up in Israel's military campaign, which resumed when the last ceasefire collapsed in March. The Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday that 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble. The number is the highest reported since July 2 and brings the total number of people killed since October 7, 2023 to 58,026, according to the ministry. That was before the Israeli airstrike Sunday killed six children and four others at a water distribution point in central Gaza, according to Al-Awda Hospital. Video from the chaotic scene showed multiple casualties including children amid buckets and water carriers. The Israeli military acknowledged that an airstrike targeting an 'Islamic Jihad terrorist' had gone wrong and the 'munition fell dozens of meters from the target,' saying the incident was under review. Also in central Gaza on Sunday, at least 12 people were killed and more than 40 injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a crowded junction, according to Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex central Gaza City. The dead included a prominent doctor, Ahmad Qandeel, described by the health ministry as 'one of Gaza's most respected medical professionals.' 'Conditions on the ground are worse than they've ever been,' the acting director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Sam Rose, told CNN on Monday. 'There's a certain tragic and horrific and numbing inevitability about this that the longer it goes on, the worse it will get.' He said Palestinians in Gaza are forced to make 'impossible choices' between starvation or risking death to secure aid. A boy leans over the body of his cousin after he was killed in an Israeli strike that hit Nuseirat in central Gaza on July 13. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Sunday's heavy toll followed several deadly incidents Saturday. The ministry said 27 were killed and many more injured when Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to obtain aid from a distribution site near southern Rafah run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). GHF denied the claim, saying 'there were no incidents at or in the immediate vicinity of our sites' on Saturday. The Israeli military also denied that anyone was injured by gunfire from its troops in the vicinity of the site but said it continued to review the reports. It told CNN Sunday it had no further comment. However, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its field hospital near the site had received 132 patients suffering from weapon-related injuries. Twenty-five were declared dead on arrival and six more died after being admitted – the largest number of fatalities since the hospital began operations in May 2024, according to the ICRC. 'This situation is unacceptable. The alarming frequency and scale of these mass casualty incidents underscore the horrific conditions civilians in Gaza are enduring,' the ICRC added. Nearly 800 Palestinians were killed while trying to access aid in Gaza between late May and July 7, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), when the GHF began operating. Elsewhere in Gaza, 13 people were killed Saturday in airstrikes in Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City, in the north of the territory, according to Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital. Salmiya told CNN that 40 injured people had been admitted. Geolocated video showed at least one child among the victims. The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it had destroyed weapons and tunnels used by Hamas in northern Gaza and the air force had carried out attacks on more than 150 targets across the Gaza Strip, including 'booby-trapped buildings, weapons depots, anti-tank missile and sniper positions.' Talks 'stall,' Hamas says The spike in casualties in Gaza comes as talks on agreeing a new ceasefire deal and hostage continue in Doha, with optimism having faded that an agreement can be quickly reached. US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said he's meeting with Qatari officials Sunday on the sidelines of the Club World Cup football match in New Jersey as he remains 'hopeful' for the prospect of a Gaza ceasefire. Despite days of proximity talks in Doha between Israel and Hamas, significant gaps remain between the warring parties. An Israeli source familiar with the matter said last week that the outstanding issue was where the Israeli military would redeploy in Gaza once the ceasefire takes effect. The latest proposal called for the military to withdraw from parts of northern Gaza on the first day of a ceasefire and from parts of southern Gaza on the seventh day. The detailed maps were left to negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and that appears to be the main sticking point. Smoke rises into the sky following an Israeli attack in northern Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, on July 10. Leo Correa/AP The talks had 'stalled,' a senior Hamas official told CNN on Saturday, claiming Israel had added new conditions, 'the latest being new deployment maps for the Israeli army's presence in the Gaza Strip.' In a video message released Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israel accepted the latest ceasefire plan presented by the US special envoy Steve Witkoff – but that Hamas had rejected it. 'We accepted the deal, the Witkoff Deal, and even later the version that the mediators proposed to us — we accepted that too. Hamas rejected it,' Netanyahu said. Netanyahu said Hamas wants to stay in Gaza 'so it can rearm and attack us again and again.' He said he was determined to bring the hostages back and to defeat Hamas. 'What we need to do is the right thing: insist on the release of the hostages and insist on the second objective of the war in Gaza — the elimination of Hamas and ensuring that Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel.' 'I won't compromise on these missions,' Netanyahu added. Israel's Hostages and Missing Families Forum issued a statement Sunday, accusing Netanyahu of creating a 'false impression' that a comprehensive deal is unattainable, contrary to public will. 'Anyone who sabotages such an agreement is willfully acting against the Israeli people for political survival,' they warned, adding, 'That is how history will remember him.' Recent opinion surveys in Israel suggest overwhelming approval for a deal that would end the war and return all the hostages, living and dead. A poll for Israel's Channel 12 Friday said that 74% of the public believes that Israel should end the war in Gaza in exchange for the return of all the abductees in one step, with only 8% supporting the phased deal that the government is trying to promote.
The Citizen
3 days ago
- Health
- The Citizen
Israeli strikes kill children collecting water in Gaza
The Israeli military has since acknowledged that the airstrike went wrong. A young boy inspects the site of an Israeli strike that killed Palestinians gathered at a water distribution point, according to medics, in central Gaza on 13 July 2025. Picture: X/@DI313_ Israeli air strikes have killed at least 45 Palestinians, among them eight children, near a water distribution point, blaming it on a technical error. Mahmoud Basal, civil defence spokesman, said there were multiple Israeli strikes on Gaza City overnight and early morning on Sunday, resulting in eight deaths, 'including women and children', with additional injuries reported. Strike at a water point The Gaza Civil Defence Agency said the loss of lives was due to a drone strike at a water point. Video from the chaotic scene at the water point showed multiple casualties, including children, amid buckets and water carriers. The strikes on Sunday come as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled, with delegates from both sides having spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of devastating fighting in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli military has since acknowledged that the airstrike went wrong and blamed the attack on a technical error when targeting a group in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, adding that the 'munition fell dozens of meters from the target.' It said the incident was under review. ALSO READ: Israel bombs café during children's birthday party in Gaza — 39 killed Another attack In another attack, at least 12 people were killed and more than 40 injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a crowded junction, according to Dr Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in central Gaza City. The dead included a prominent doctor, Ahmad Qandeel, described by the health ministry as 'one of Gaza's most respected medical professionals.' Ceasefire Washington is Israel's top ally, and United States President Donald Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire, with the American president saying on Sunday that he was hopeful of a deal, but there was no immediate sign that an end to the fighting was near. Gaza's Ministry of Health reported that 139 bodies had been brought to the enclave's hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble. The number is the highest reported since July 2 Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 58,026 people and wounded 138,520 others, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. ALSO READ: Israel accused of starving Gaza 'by design' — South Africa addresses ICJ
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Children killed collecting water in Gaza, medical officials say, as ceasefire talks hit sticking points
Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter. Hopes had been high for the latest negotiations but after days of negotiations the two sides accused each other of blocking an agreement while on the ground there has been no let-up in Israel's military campaign, which resumed when the last ceasefire collapsed in March. The Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday that 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble. The number is the highest reported since July 2 and brings the total number of people killed since October 7, 2023 to 58,026, according to the ministry. That was before the Israeli airstrike Sunday killed six children and four others at a water distribution point in central Gaza, according to Al-Awda Hospital. Video from the chaotic scene showed multiple casualties including children amid buckets and water carriers. The Israeli military acknowledged that an airstrike targeting an 'Islamic Jihad terrorist' had gone wrong and the 'munition fell dozens of meters from the target,' saying the incident was under review. Also in central Gaza on Sunday, at least 12 people were killed and more than 40 injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a crowded junction, according to Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex central Gaza City. The dead included a prominent doctor, Ahmad Qandeel, described by the health ministry as 'one of Gaza's most respected medical professionals.' Sunday's heavy toll followed several deadly incidents Saturday. The ministry said 27 were killed and many more injured when Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to obtain aid from a distribution site near southern Rafah run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). GHF denied the claim, saying 'there were no incidents at or in the immediate vicinity of our sites' on Saturday. The Israeli military also denied that anyone was injured by gunfire from its troops in the vicinity of the site but said it continued to review the reports. It told CNN Sunday it had no further comment. However, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its field hospital near the site had received 132 patients suffering from weapon-related injuries. Twenty-five were declared dead on arrival and six more died after being admitted – the largest number of fatalities since the hospital began operations in May 2024, according to the ICRC. 'This situation is unacceptable. The alarming frequency and scale of these mass casualty incidents underscore the horrific conditions civilians in Gaza are enduring,' the ICRC added. Nearly 800 Palestinians were killed while trying to access aid in Gaza between late May and July 7, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), when the GHF began operating. Elsewhere in Gaza, 13 people were killed Saturday in airstrikes in Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City, in the north of the territory, according to Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital. Salmiya told CNN that 40 injured people had been admitted. Geolocated video showed at least one child among the victims. The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it had destroyed weapons and tunnels used by Hamas in northern Gaza and the air force had carried out attacks on more than 150 targets across the Gaza Strip, including 'booby-trapped buildings, weapons depots, anti-tank missile and sniper positions.' The spike in casualties in Gaza comes as talks on agreeing a new ceasefire deal and hostage continue in Doha, with optimism having faded that an agreement can be quickly reached. US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said he's meeting with Qatari officials Sunday on the sidelines of the Club World Cup football match in New Jersey as he remains 'hopeful' for the prospect of a Gaza ceasefire. Despite days of proximity talks in Doha between Israel and Hamas, significant gaps remain between the warring parties. An Israeli source familiar with the matter said last week that the outstanding issue was where the Israeli military would redeploy in Gaza once the ceasefire takes effect. The latest proposal called for the military to withdraw from parts of northern Gaza on the first day of a ceasefire and from parts of southern Gaza on the seventh day. The detailed maps were left to negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and that appears to be the main sticking point. The talks had 'stalled,' a senior Hamas official told CNN on Saturday, claiming Israel had added new conditions, 'the latest being new deployment maps for the Israeli army's presence in the Gaza Strip.' In a video message released Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israel accepted the latest ceasefire plan presented by the US special envoy Steve Witkoff – but that Hamas had rejected it. 'We accepted the deal, the Witkoff Deal, and even later the version that the mediators proposed to us — we accepted that too. Hamas rejected it,' Netanyahu said. Netanyahu said Hamas wants to stay in Gaza 'so it can rearm and attack us again and again.' He said he was determined to bring the hostages back and to defeat Hamas. 'What we need to do is the right thing: insist on the release of the hostages and insist on the second objective of the war in Gaza — the elimination of Hamas and ensuring that Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel.' 'I won't compromise on these missions,' Netanyahu added. Israel's Hostages and Missing Families Forum issued a statement Sunday, accusing Netanyahu of creating a 'false impression' that a comprehensive deal is unattainable, contrary to public will. 'Anyone who sabotages such an agreement is willfully acting against the Israeli people for political survival,' they warned, adding, 'That is how history will remember him.' Recent opinion surveys in Israel suggest overwhelming approval for a deal that would end the war and return all the hostages, living and dead. A poll for Israel's Channel 12 Friday said that 74% of the public believes that Israel should end the war in Gaza in exchange for the return of all the abductees in one step, with only 8% supporting the phased deal that the government is trying to promote.
Egypt Independent
4 days ago
- Health
- Egypt Independent
As ceasefire talks stutter, dozens are being killed every day in Gaza
CNN — The talks on a new ceasefire for Gaza have stuttered in Doha – while in Gaza itself dozens of people are being killed every day as the Israeli military consolidates its control over large parts of the territory. Hope had been high for the latest negotiations but after days of negotiations the two sides accused each other of blocking an agreement while on the ground there has been no let-up in Israel's military campaign, which resumed when the last ceasefire collapsed in March. The Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday that 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble. The number is the highest reported since July 2. The ministry said the latest casualties brought the total number of people killed since October 7, 2023 to 58,026. In just one incident on Saturday, the ministry said 27 were killed and many more injured when Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to obtain aid from a distribution site near southern Rafah run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). GHF denied the claim, saying 'there were no incidents at or in the immediate vicinity of our sites' on Saturday. The Israeli military also denied that anyone was injured by gunfire from its troops in the vicinity of the site but said it continued to review the reports. It told CNN Sunday it had no further comment. However, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its field hospital near the site had received 132 patients suffering from weapon-related injuries. Twenty-five were declared dead on arrival and six more died after being admitted – the largest number of fatalities since the hospital began operations in May 2024, according to the ICRC. 'This situation is unacceptable. The alarming frequency and scale of these mass casualty incidents underscore the horrific conditions civilians in Gaza are enduring,' the ICRC added. Nearly 800 Palestinians were killed while trying to access aid in Gaza between late May and July 7, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), when the GHF began operating. A Palestinian mother whose daughter was killed in an Israeli strike in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on Thursday comforts her son. Ramadan Abed/Reuters Elsewhere in Gaza, 13 people were killed Saturday in airstrikes in Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City, in the north of the territory, according to Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital. Salmiya told CNN that 40 injured people had been admitted. Geolocated video showed at least one child among the victims. On Sunday morning, six children were among ten people killed in an airstrike close to a water distribution site in Nuseirat in central Gaza, according to Al-Awda Hospital. It said it had received 16 injured people. Also in central Gaza, 11 people were killed and more than 50 injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a crowded junction in central Gaza City, according to Civil Defense officials. The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it had destroyed weapons and tunnels used by Hamas in northern Gaza and the air force had carried out attacks on more than 150 targets across the Gaza Strip, including 'booby-trapped buildings, weapons depots, anti-tank missile and sniper positions.' Talks 'stall,' Hamas says The spike in casualties in Gaza comes as talks on agreeing a new ceasefire deal and hostage continue in Doha, with optimism having faded that an agreement can be quickly reached. US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday he was hopeful of a deal by the end of the week. 'We had four issues, and now we're down to one after two days of proximity talks,' Witkoff said. The same day Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Gaza at length at the White House. 'We got to get that solved,' Trump said. But despite days of proximity talks in Doha between Israel and Hamas, significant gaps remain between the warring parties. An Israeli source familiar with the matter said last week that the outstanding issue was where the Israeli military would redeploy in Gaza once the ceasefire takes effect. The latest proposal called for the military to withdraw from parts of northern Gaza on the first day of a ceasefire and from parts of southern Gaza on the seventh day. The detailed maps were left to negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and that appears to be the main sticking point. Smoke rises into the sky following an Israeli attack in northern Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, on July 10. Leo Correa/AP The talks had 'stalled,' a senior Hamas official told CNN on Saturday, claiming Israel had added new conditions, 'the latest being new deployment maps for the Israeli army's presence in the Gaza Strip.' But an Israeli political source told CNN Saturday that 'Israel has shown willingness to be flexible in the negotiations' and that 'Hamas remains obstinate, sticking to positions that prevent the mediators from advancing an agreement.' Netanyahu is set to meet Sunday with his national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to discuss the negotiations, according to a source familiar with the matter. Ben Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich – the far-right members of Netanyahu's government – have both been vocal critics of any deal with Hamas, instead calling for Israel to cut off aid to Gaza and escalate its war until the militant group is destroyed. Recent opinion surveys in Israel suggest overwhelming approval for a deal that would end the war and return all the hostages, living and dead. A poll for Israel's Channel 12 Friday said that 74% of the public believes that Israel should end the war in Gaza in exchange for the return of all the abductees in one step, with only 8% supporting the phased deal that the government is trying to promote. Netanyahu has insisted that Israel has the right to return to combat at the end of the 60-day ceasefire now on the table. Hamas is demanding a pathway to an indefinite cessation of hostilities, with the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Saba Yemen
01-06-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
Director of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza: 5 Cancer patients die daily due to Israeli aggression
Gaza – Saba: Director of al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza Mohammed Abu Salmiya on Sunday revealed that 5 cancer patients die daily in their homes due to the lack of medical care as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Abu Salmiya said in press statements on Sunday, "We are losing many patients and wounded due to the shortage of blood units," according to the Palestinian News Agency (Safa). He pointed out that hospitals are suffering from a shortage of clean water, even in kidney dialysis units. Earlier in the day, the Gaza Municipality stated that with the onset of rising temperatures and the increasing need for water by citizens and displaced persons, the city is experiencing catastrophic conditions due to the Israeli enemy's destruction of approximately 75% of water wells since October 2023, and the lack of fuel needed to operate the remaining wells. Since March 2, the Israeli enemy has closed the Gaza Strip crossings to the entry of food, relief, medical aid, and goods, causing a significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation. With American and European support, the Israeli enemy army has been committing genocidal crimes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, resulting in the martyrdom of 54,418 Palestinian citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 124,190 others. To date, this is a preliminary toll, with thousands of victims still buried under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
