GAZA, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)Despite the US president’s call for an immediate halt to bombardment, the Israeli occupation army has continued its attacks across the Gaza Strip throughout the night and into today, targeting more homes and causing further civilian casualties, particularly in Gaza City.
The Israeli escalation on the ground comes just hours after president Donald Trump welcomed Hamas’s response to his ceasefire plan, which he described as a sign of the Movement’s readiness for “lasting peace.”
Gaza’s civil defense service said that the Israeli army carried out dozens of aerial and artillery attacks on Gaza City overnight following Trump’s call for a ceasefire.
Last night, Trump responded to Hamas’s statement on social media, writing that “Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly.”
According to media sources in Gaza, Israeli airstrikes on two homes in al-Mashahra area of Gaza City claimed the lives of at least six people and injured many others.
Casualties, including martyrs, were also reported following an airstrike on a gathering of civilians near a bakery in Gaza City’s al-Jalaa street.
An Israeli drone also attacked a tent sheltering a displaced family in al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza, killing two children and injuring eight others.
Medical sources said that the bodies of three martyrs, including a girl child, and 17 wounded people had arrived at Al-Awda Hospital following Israeli attacks in central Gaza.
The Israeli army detonated explosives-laden armored vehicles in different areas of Gaza City, mainly in al-Sabra neighborhood.
The Israeli army also launched attacks on other areas of the Gaza Strip last night and today, killing and wounding more civilians, including children and women.
Meanwhile, several people were martyred or injured in Israeli attacks on aid seekers near distribution points in separate areas of Gaza.
Other Gazans were pronounced dead after they succumbed to injuries they sustained in recent attacks, according to Gaza’s health ministry today.
