Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities announced in a significant climbing of bombing while US President Donald Trump continued his visit to the Middle East.
Doctors said most of the dead, including women and children, result from an Israeli air strike dam, which cibed several houses in the Jabalia region in northern Gaza.
The Israeli army had no immediate comments and said it was trying to check the reports.
Israeli press reports quoted security officials on Wednesday that they thought that the military leader of Hamas Mohammad Sinwar and other senior officials had been killed on Tuesday in a strike on what the Israeli army described as a command and control bunker under the European hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
There was no confirmation from the Israeli army or Hamas. Wednesday, witnesses and doctors said that an Israeli air strike hit a bulldozer who had approached the European Hospital strike area, injuring several people.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised this week that Israeli forces would soon enter Gaza with “full strength” to finish Hamas. Thousands of Israeli reservists had been called in recent weeks.
Late Tuesday, Islamic Jihad, a militant group supported by Iran in Gaza allied in Hamas, pulled rockets towards Israel. Shortly before the start of the Israeli strikes in response, the soldiers issued evacuation orders to residents of the Jabalia and Beit Lahiya region nearby.
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Israeli escalation came against Palestinian hopes that Trump’s visit could exert pressure for a de -escalation of violence. Hamas released Edan Alexander on Monday, the last known American hostage known, before Trump’s trip.
Speaking on Tuesday in Riyadh, Trump said that more hostages would follow Alexander and added that the inhabitants of Gaza deserved a better future.
Hamas released Edan Alexander, who is said to be the last living American hostage, in front of the visit of American president Donald Trump in the Middle East, raising a new ceasefire agreement. The journey begins in Saudi Arabia with stops in Qatar and Trump water jumps Israel this time.
The efforts to agree with a ceasefire have failed in recent weeks, Hamas and Israel exchanging blame. Hamas spoke in the United States and Egyptian mediators and Qatari to organize the liberation of Alexander, and Israel sent a team to Doha to start a new series of discussions.
Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Adam Boehler on Tuesday, met with hostage families in Tel Aviv and said they could now see a better chance of an agreement for their liberation following the Alexander agreement.
The United States has also presented a plan to reopen humanitarian aid deliveries in Gaza using private entrepreneurs. Israel, which imposed a total blockade of supplies going to Gaza from March 2, approved the plan. But he was rejected by the United Nations and international aid agencies and key details, including funding and donors, remain vague.
The risk of mass and mass famine increases in Gaza, warns the World Health Organization. Palestinian health officials say dozens of children have died of malnutrition since March, the month Israel has blocked all assistance expeditions.
Israel began its Invasion of Gaza in retaliation for the attack led by Hamas against the communities of southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed around 1,200 people, according to Israeli accounts, including several Canadian citizens. Israel said 251 people overall were taken hostage to Gaza.
The Israeli campaign killed more than 52,900 Palestinians, according to local health officials, and has devastated the small coastal enclave. Its population of around 2.3 million people are on the verge of famine, according to aid groups and international agencies.
