Palestinians inspect an UNRWA-run aid distribution centre following an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 13, 2024 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Published March 14, 2024
The deadly incident comes after an Israeli air strike on an UNRWA-run aid centre kills at least five people in Rafah.
Israeli forces have shot dead at least six Palestinians and wounded 83 in Gaza City as they were waiting for food and humanitarian supplies at the Kuwait Roundabout, an area where large groups of people gather for arriving aid trucks.
The attack on Thursday took place hours after at least five people were killed by an Israeli air strike on a food distribution centre in Rafah, southern Gaza, run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which is the main humanitarian agency in Gaza.
There has been an uptick in fatal assaults by Israeli troops on crowds of starving civilians lining up for aid in recent weeks. On Monday night, Israeli forces killed 11 people waiting for food aid at the same roundabout.
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SOURCE: www.aljazeera.com
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Published March 12, 2024
Arab official says terror group has accepted modified version of framework deal already agreed to by Israel, but sides still need to sign off
Qatari and Egyptian mediators believe significant progress has been made this week toward securing a truce between Israel and Hamas, after talks appeared dead in the water, a senior Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel on Tuesday.
Progress was made after Doha placed significant pressure on Hamas, warning the terror group that its leaders residing in Qatar would be kicked out of the country if they didn’t adapt their approach in the negotiations.
The apparent breakthrough would reinvigorate fading hopes that the sides could reach a deal, after an informal deadline earlier this week passed with Israel and Hamas at loggerheads over fundamental issues and both accusing each other of being uninterested in an agreement to pause fighting and release the hostages kidnapped from Israel on October 7.
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SOURCE: www.timesofisrael.com
RELATED: Israel checking whether it killed Hamas military No.2 Issa in Gaza
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Israel, March 10, 2024. REUTERS
Published March 12, 2024
JERUSALEM/CAIRO — Israel was checking on Monday whether it had killed Hamas’s deputy military leader in an airstrike in Gaza, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said, as prospects faded for a ceasefire to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
If his death is confirmed, Marwan Issa will be the highest-ranking official from the Islamist militant movement killed by Israel in five months of war that has pulverized the coastal enclave and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Issa, known as the ‘Shadow Man’ for his ability to stay out of sight, was one of three top Hamas leaders who planned the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war and who are believed to have been directing Hamas’s military operations since then.
Speaking at a briefing with reporters, IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israel had bombed the Al-Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday night following intelligence about the location of Issa, second-in-command of Hamas’s military wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades.
