Gaza death toll passes 58,000 from Israeli attacks as ceasefire hopes fade

The decease toll successful Israel’s warfare connected Gaza passed the grim milestone of 58,000 connected Sunday arsenic relentless attacks killed astir 100 Palestinians since dawn.

An Israeli aerial raid deed a bustling marketplace successful Gaza City, sidesplitting 12 people. Among the victims was salient aesculapian advisor Ahmad Qandil, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported. The Israeli subject has not commented connected the strike.

Gaza’s Government Media Office besides accused Israel and information contractors moving astatine assistance organisation points of intentionally attacking civilians. In a statement, it called United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites “death traps” and described the concern arsenic “genocide engineering nether US sponsorship”.

At slightest 805 radical person been killed and 5,250 wounded portion attempting to cod assistance since the GHF started operating successful May.

One of Israel’s deadliest attacks connected hopeless Palestinians occurred successful the Nuseirat exile camp, wherever a rocket onslaught killed astatine slightest 10 people, most of them children, arsenic they queued to cod drinking water. Seventeen others were wounded, according to Dr Ahmed Abu Saifan astatine al-Awda Hospital.

Israel’s subject said it had targeted a Palestinian fighter, but the rocket veered disconnected people due to the fact that of a method failure. The Israeli assertion could not beryllium independently verified.

Gaza has suffered from chronic h2o shortages, worsened successful caller weeks arsenic desalination and sanitation plants unopen down owed to the ongoing Israeli blockade of fuel. Many residents present trust connected unsafe journeys to constricted h2o postulation points.

Since Israel launched its warfare connected Gaza connected October 7, 2023, the fig of radical killed has risen to astatine slightest 58,026, with much than 138,500 wounded. More than fractional of those killed person been women and children.

A foundation organisation distributes meals to bare Palestinians [Hassan Jedi/Anadolu]

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said hundreds person died portion attempting to entree humanitarian assistance from GHF-controlled points.

“People question up to 15km [9 miles] from the northbound to Rafah – galore connected foot, immoderate overnight – conscionable to get 1 nutrient parcel,” helium said. “But adjacent then, they’re met with unrecorded occurrence from Israeli forces.”

‘No fuel, nary life-saving services’

Eight United Nations agencies – including UNICEF, WHO, WFP and UNRWA – warned connected Sunday that without contiguous substance access, captious services successful Gaza could collapse. Hospitals, sanitation centres and nutrient organisation operations look imminent shutdown.

“Without fuel, these lifelines volition vanish for 2.1 cardinal people,” the agencies said successful a associated statement. “Fuel indispensable beryllium allowed into Gaza successful capable quantities and consistently to prolong life-saving operations.”

Attempts to extremity the warring received a cautious boost connected Sunday erstwhile US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said helium remained “hopeful” astir the ceasefire talks. He was expected to conscionable Qatari officials connected the margins of the FIFA Club World Cup Final.

But optimism appears to beryllium fading. A US-backed connection for a 60-day ceasefire remains bogged down successful disagreements, with some sides blaming each different for delays.

An Israeli authoritative confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to convene furniture ministers precocious connected Sunday to sermon the talks, which are focused connected ending hostilities, a unit withdrawal and the merchandise of captives held successful Gaza.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s lawman person Muhammad al-Hindi said Israel has resisted committing to cardinal conditions earlier moving connected to the taxable of prisoners.

“We’re discussing a model agreement. It includes 3 points: ending aggression, withdrawal from Gaza and harmless assistance distribution,” helium said. “Israel wants to skip consecutive to the prisoners’ record without guarantees connected the main issues.”

Al-Hindi accused Israel of seeking to power confederate Rafah and unit civilians into overcrowded, bombed-out areas nether the guise of assistance distribution.

“We cannot legitimise these assistance traps that are sidesplitting our people. The absorption volition not motion immoderate statement that amounts to surrender.”

Netanyahu adjutant faces indictment

Meanwhile, successful Israel, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said that Netanyahu’s adjacent adviser, Jonatan Urich, is facing imaginable indictment implicit allegations helium leaked classified subject accusation to the German paper Bild.

Urich and different adjutant are accused of passing connected concealed quality to power nationalist sentiment aft six Israeli captives died successful Gaza past August. The deaths sparked wide protests successful Israel and deepened nationalist choler astatine the government’s handling of ceasefire efforts.

Netanyahu has dismissed the probe arsenic politically motivated, calling it a “witch-hunt”. Urich has denied immoderate wrongdoing.

The Bild article, published soon aft the captives’ bodies were discovered, aligned intimately with Netanyahu’s communicative of blaming Hamas for the illness of earlier ceasefire talks.

A erstwhile two-month truce, which began successful January, saw the merchandise of 38 captives earlier Israel broke the ceasefire and resumed its devastating subject assault.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies