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Special reports: TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN July 22, 2024 Ms. Maram Humaid: "A letter to my son: As you turn one today in Gaza, I feel joy and sorrow" July 12, 2024 Noor Alyacoubi - "I'm fighting to keep my baby alive" and other stories Mothers and children: Boom-And again Boom

Special report: July 12, 2024: Scorched Hospitals - Schools -  Housing - Bodies -- fake or fact?

July 30 - 27, 2024 Again and not sopping utill justice is served: "International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory <unlawful> and ruled that Israel is <under an obligation to bring to an end its unlawful presence (...) as rapidly as possible." and more actual news below

July 26 - 25, 2024 "What I know is that living means fighting under a clear sky for the love of children." Read the latest news below.

July 26 - 23, 2024 Note by Gino d'Artali: Normally I quote some latest news headlines here but... I, and with many I'm sure, simply say "Not in my name." Read the latest news below. Click here to go throughout July and earler, 2024

June 14, 2024 Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Hiba Abu Taha sentenced to one year in prison

Related news: July 11, 2024: Media organizations demand access to Gaza July 2 2024: Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

May 23, 2024 In commemoration of Roshdi Sarraj and tribute to Shrouq Al Aila

 
When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

Al Jazeera - July 30, 2024 - By Virginia Pietromarchi, Mersiha Gadzo and Tamila Varshalomidze
<<Israel's war on Gaza live: Israel turns east Khan Younis into 'wasteland'
Palestinians are returning to the eastern parts of Khan Younis after the unannounced withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area, finding it largely destroyed and describing it as "an uninhabitable wasteland". A WHO spokesperson has told Al Jazeera that a ceasefire is needed to ensure vaccines reach children as Gaza's Health Ministry says "immediate intervention" is needed to prevent a polio epidemic from spreading. Far-right Israeli demonstrators have stormed two military bases protesting against the arrests of nine Israeli soldiers accused of abusing a Palestinian prisoner.
At least 39,363 people have been killed and 90,923 wounded in Israel's war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-needed-to-stop-polio-who


crimes against humanity in Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency - July 30, 2024
<<Israel commits crimes against humanity in Gaza
Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have violated the Palestinians' right to life since October 7,2024 by targeting civilian infrastructure, including water facilities.
News Center-Israel has been waging a war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. Two Palestinian children, aged 13 and 14, were shot and injured during an Israeli military raid into Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Monday. Israeli forces detained at least 15 Palestinians from multiple areas in the occupied West Bank late last night and early Tuesday morning, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Tuesday.
10,000 students and 400 teachers killed in Gaza
10,000 students and 400 teachers have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7,2023, the Palestinian Ministry of Education said in a statement on Monday, adding that 39,000 Palestinian students could not take the university entrance exam due to Israeli attacks. Over 625,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have been deprived of education since the start of the Israeli onslaught on the besieged enclave on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). More than 80 percent of Gaza's schools have been severely damaged or destroyed by fighting, according to the United Nations.
Water crisis in Rafah
Rafah has become a disaster area and lost 40 percent of its water resources due to the ongoing Israeli attacks since May 2024, Rafah Mayor Ahmed al-Sufi said in a statement on Monday. Israel continues to target and destroy civilian infrastructure, including water facilities, cultural centers, libraries and parks, he added. "35 percent of the city has been completely destroyed by the Israeli troops. Israeli attacks constitute a crime against humanity. The Israeli troops destroyed not only the tank but also a water well in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, west of Rafah. The destruction exacerbated the water crisis in the southern city." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/israel-commits-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza-35454


Israel prevents children from receiving treatment
Jinha - Womens News Agency - July 29, 2024
<<Israel prevents over 150 Gazan children from receiving treatment abroad
A plan to send some 150 sick Gazan children to the United Arab Emirates for treatment has been postponed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to reports.
News Center- Israel has been waging a war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. 150 cisk Gazan children had been prepared to be flown out to the United Arab Emirates on Monday morning to receive treatment; however, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to prevent about 150 sick and wounded Palestinian children from leaving Gaza for the United Arab Emirates to receive treatment, the Kan, Israeli state-owned TV channel, reported on Sunday. The move came after the Hezbollah rocket attack on the Golan that killed 12 people, including children, and injured 35 others on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hezbollah <will pay a heavy price for this attack, one that it has not paid so far.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/israel-prevents-over-150-gazan-children-from-receiving-treatment-abroad-35445


Displaced in the Gaza Strip
Jinha - Womens News Agency - July 26, 2024
<<'9 in every 10 people have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip'
<9 in every 10 people have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip,> the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Friday on social platform X.
News Center- <9 in every 10 people have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip> the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Friday on social platform X. Calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza again, the UNRWA said, <Families seek shelter where they can: overcrowded schools, destroyed buildings, makeshift tents on the sand or amid piles of trash. None of these places are safe. People have nowhere left to go.> Up to 1.9 million people (or nine in ten people) across the Gaza Strip are internally displaced, including people who have been repeatedly displaced (some up to 10 times), according to the UN.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/9-in-every-10-people-have-been-forcibly-displaced-in-the-gaza-strip-35442?page=1


Toll of Palestinians killed so far
Jinha - Womens News Agency - July 25, 2024
<<At least 39,175 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct.7
At least 30 Palestinians were killed and 146 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, the Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
News Center- The Gaza's health ministry has issued a written statement, updating the number of Palestinians killed and injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. At least 39,175 Palestinians have been killed, 90,403 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the ministry said on Thursday, adding that at least 30 Palestinians were killed and 146 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. According to the statement, there are many bodies under rubble and the civil defense crews cannot reach them due to ongoing Israeli attacks.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/at-least-39-175-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-since-oct-7-35434?page=1

France 25 - July 28, 2024 - by Claire PACCALIN
<<'We have nothing left in this world, except our daughter': a young mother on life in Gaza
Shorouq spoke to FRANCE 24 in November about the challenges facing pregnant women in Gaza, which is experiencing severe shortages of both food and medical care. Eight months later, we asked her how she and her family are coping; not only do they face a constant threat from air strikes and shelling, but Shorouq's daughter is suffering from stomach parasites due to dirty water. When FRANCE 24 spoke to Shorouq in November, she was pregnant with her first child and living in a shelter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. She gave birth in a hospital via C-section two months later, saying she was "very lucky" to have received a spinal anaesthetic. But the very next day she was forced to flee to Rafah to escape a rise in fighting.
"I tried four medical clinics in the hope someone could remove the stitches from the C-section. But I didn't find anyone," she says. "So my mother took the stitches out for me. We had no other choice." Shorouq did not receive any postnatal care, which is defined as the period six to eight weeks after giving birth. For a C-section, postnatal care would have included a health professional removing the stitches using sterile equipment and monitoring how the scar is healing to guard against infection. <Pre-conflict, mothers in Gaza were able to access basic care,> says Hiba Alhejazi, from the humanitarian charity CARE International. <For example, they had access to hospitals where they could get their baby weighed, where checks could be done for certain health indicators, and there would be follow-up care for her. On a basic level, that kind of care was available.> Research published in May by the Palestinian non-governmental organisation Juzoor, a CARE International partner, found that two-thirds of the Gazan mothers surveyed - all of whom gave birth during the current conflict - did not receive any postnatal care.
'Our apartment has been completely destroyed'
Shorouq has since fled again and is living, under the blistering summer heat, in a tent in the centre of Gaza. "I've had to flee seven times," she says.
All of the clothes and toys she carefully picked out for her baby during her pregnancy are gone. "We've been told that our apartment has been completely destroyed. Right now we have nothing left in this world, except our daughter."
'My baby is in huge pain'
Shorouq had to give up breastfeeding when her daughter was three months old. She did not have sufficient breast milk because she could not access enough food or water for herself to sustain a steady supply. She now bottle-feeds her daughter, but sometimes she is forced to make up the formula with water that she does not know is safe. "We buy purified water for our daughter when we can, but it costs a lot of money and we cannot always find it, so we have to use recycled water," she explains. Unsanitary water has given her daughter intestinal parasites. "My baby is in huge pain in her stomach, she cries a lot. You can see there's something wrong in her stool, her sleep is broken and she never feels rested, she's uncomfortable and suffering," says Shorouq. Desperate, she tried 13 pharmacies before managing to get hold of the antibiotics her daughter needs. She expects the antibiotics to work but knows the parasites will return if she cannot consistently find clean water for her daughter. "All I'm asking is that she recovers from the problem in her stomach and for her to have good health. I pray for her every day," Shorouq says. "Water sanitation facilities have broken down," Alhejazi explains. "There's sewage everywhere. We're in summer so it's hot, which obviously increases the risk of dehydration. Lack of access to clean water is a constant issue. And that’s also why you see the spread of so many infectious diseases."
'This war has exhausted us'
The UN estimates that 5,500 women give birth every month in Gaza, or about 180 per day. Some 15 percent are likely to experience complications during pregnancy or childbirth that will require additional medical care. During and after their pregnancies, they all face the stress and fear caused by air strikes, helicopters and drones in the skies above their heads. Israel launched a military offensive on Gaza after Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing almost 1,200 Israelis and foreigners and taking more than 250 people hostage. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 39,000 people have since been killed and almost 90,000 injured by Israeli strikes on the enclave. "I wish that this would end; we're really tired. This war has exhausted us," says Shorouq. "We're strong people in Gaza, but even iron-strong people are tired. None of us know when this will end. Each time they announce that there could be a ceasefire, but nothing changes for us on the ground."
After a six-day pause in the fighting late last year in exchange for the release of 105 hostages, ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have faltered. Meanwhile, Shorouq and her daughter are coping as best they can. But Shorouq feels helpless most of the time.
"Iwould do anything in the world for my daughter," she says.
"You cannot imagine how it feels when your child needs help, but you cannot help them.">>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240728-we-have-nothing-left-except-our-daughter-young-mother-gaza-speaks-to-france-24

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France 25 - July 29, 2024
<<Israeli officials 'want to avoid all-out war in Lebanon retaliation'
Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials told Reuters on Monday, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike that killed 12 children and teens in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. France 24's Angela Diffley takes a closer look.>>
Here:
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240729-israeli-officials-want-to-avoid-all-out-war-in-lebanon-retaliation

Le Monde - July 28, 2024 - by By Benoit Hopquin
<<Paris Olympics: Yazan Al Bawwab, Palestinian swimmer on a mission
The flag-bearer for the Palestinian delegation, who was eliminated from his 100m backstroke on Sunday, is also drawing attention to the tragic fate of his compatriots. On Sunday, July 28, Yazan Al Bawwab spent less than a minute in the Olympic pool at the Paris La Defense Arena, finishing his 100m backstroke in 43rd place out of 46 swimmers. However, he spent nearly half an hour talking to journalists, while other swimmers quickly abandoned their PR duties. For Al Bawwab, it was more important to talk than to swim. He is Palestinian. The young man, with a Palestinian flag tattooed on his chest near his heart, told his story, without tiring, in fluent English. He felt it his duty to be the voice of more than 300 athletes killed in Gaza under bombardment, in response to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli soil. Some of his family members also died in the enclave, although he is not originally from there. "I don't want to talk about them," he said, "otherwise I'll be overwhelmed with emotion." He expressed his pride at having been chosen as the Palestinian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony. "A lot of people don't want us here, don't want to see our flag, hear my country's name. But I'm here," he stated. "I'm here for those who are starving, for the children who are being killed, not to talk about my swimming." He added, for those who only read the sports section: "There's a war going on right now." It's tricky to discuss current events, effectively breaking the Olympic truce and its sacred or pseudo-neutrality, under the watchful eye of the International Olympic Committee, which is known to disapprove of mixing politics with sports. So Al Bawwab spoke with diplomacy, using the art of saying without saying, describing a war without naming an enemy. He never mentioned Israel. "I don't talk about politics," he stated. "Putting politics into sports is a big mistake. I'm against war. I have no issue with any human being except when they don't treat me as a human being.>
'My story didn't interest you back then'
The story of the Al Bawwab family is a never-ending tale of forced exile and wandering around the world. His family was originally from Lod, then known as Lydda, where Ben Gurion airport now stands, near Tel Aviv. They were expelled in 1948 and replaced by Jewish families. His father, Rashad, was born in 1964 in a refugee tent on the West Bank. With no prospects for the future, Rashad left for Italy at the age of 20, sleeping on the street and selling tomatoes on the black market. He then enrolled in university, graduated as a mechanical engineer and obtained Italian citizenship, which he passed on to his son. Yazan was born in October 1999 in Saudi Arabia, where his father had settled with his mother, Habiba, herself a Palestinian refugee. The family moved to Dubai two years later, where Rashad set up a successful office chair business. Yazan moved to Canada to study aerospace engineering at the University of Ottawa, completed his studies in the UK, settled in the Netherlands, then returned to Dubai to set up a business, this time selling lounge chairs. "Don't say 'wow! He's traveled a lot.' My family was kicked out of their home," he said.>>
Read more here:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2024/07/30/paris-olympics-yazan-al-bawwab-palestinian-swimmer-on-a-mission_6704366_9.html

Le Monde - July 27, 2024 - by Louis Imbert (Jerusalem correspondent)
<<In Gaza, a young man with Down's syndrome was killed by an Israeli army dog
After being attacked by the animal at his family's home, Muhammed Bhar, a 24-year-old man with intellectual disability, was abandoned in a room at the house, where he died of his injuries. Soldiers prevented his mother and brothers from coming to his aid. Muhammed Bhar, 24, loved music, calm, and having his hair stroked. It made him laugh. He rarely left the family home in Shujaiya, an eastern suburb of Gaza City, where he was cared for by his mother, siblings, nephews and nieces. The family chose to stay in the city during the Israeli army's successive incursions since November 2023, partly because Muhammed had Down's syndrome, had difficulty moving around and was afraid of crowds. Many Gazans looking after disabled, elderly or sick relatives have done the same. They are among some 300,000 people who have remained in the largely destroyed and cut-off city, despite the army's evacuation orders. The Bhar family, however, had to flee the bombings on several occasions and seek temporary shelter in other parts of the city, such as Rimal and Touffah, bringing along with them Muhammed, who each time was a little more frightened. At the end of June, when the Israeli army deployed for the second time in their Shujaiya neighborhood, 17 family members, including Muhammed, found themselves trapped for a week in their house due to nearby shelling and gunfire. In the early afternoon of July 3, soldiers finally entered their home to search it. They used the standard method, breaking through a wall at the back of the building and letting in a military dog equipped with a camera. The dog attacked Muhammed. It bit him on the shoulder and torso, dragging him every which way. "While it was biting him, Muhammed was petting the dog. He was saying to him softly: 'Go away my darling, go away.' These were the same words he used when playing with his nephews and nieces," said his mother, Nabila, by telephone. Since the start of the war, the army has forbidden Le Monde and all the international press from accessing Gaza.
'No news from the brothers'
Muhammed was overweight and completely helpless. "He had a pure white heart. He was 24, but had the brain of a child. I did everything for him - bathed him, fed him... He depended on me for everything," said the 70-year-old former teacher at a kindergarten run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA. She yelled at the soldiers: "'Leave him alone! He's sick, he has Down's syndrome!' But they didn't listen to me. They let the dog drag him around the house," she said. The episode lasted up to 15 minutes, according to Nabila. The attack was initially reported by the Middle East Eye news site. The army confirmed to Le Monde that it had indeed taken place, stating that <exchanges of fire, between soldiers and Hamas terrorists,> were taking place outside. When the soldiers finally moved the dog away, they turned to Muhammed's two brothers, Saif and Jad Al-Hak, ages 39 and 31, handcuffed them and took them away. "We have no news of them, we don't know where they are being held," said a third brother, Mikael, a 42-year-old journalist who was forced by the army to flee to the south of the Gaza enclave in the spring, and who has remained in touch with his family by phone.>>
Ready more here:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/07/27/in-gaza-a-young-man-with-down-s-syndrome-was-killed-by-an-israeli-army-dog_6701609_4.html

France 25 - July 27, 2024
<<Israeli air strike on school housing a field hospital kills at least 30
A rocket fired from Lebanon struck a football pitch and killed at least 12 young people in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel's army said, claiming the rocket was fired by Hezbollah, who denied any connection to the incident. Also on Saturday, an Israeli air strike hit a school housing a field hospital in central Gaza that it said was hiding militants, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike on a school killed 30 people Saturday, while a rocket fired from Lebanon killed 12 youngsters in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Israel's military said Hezbollah fired the rocket from Lebanon, hitting a football pitch in the Druze town of Majdal Shams and killing the youngsters, who were between 10 and 20 years old. Another 18 youths were wounded in the attack, said the emergency services. <Israel will not let this murderous attack go unanswered and Hezbollah will pay a heavy price for it, a price it has not paid before,> said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, according to a statement from his office. Israeli forces and Hezbollah have traded cross-border fire since early October, following the attack by the Lebanese group's ally Hamas on southern Israel which sparked the war in Gaza. Netanyahu later said he would hold a security cabinet meeting on his return to Israel from the United States. Israel's foreign ministry said Sunday that Hezbollah had <crossed all red lines>. <Saturday's massacre constitutes the crossing of all red lines by Hezbollah. This is not an army fighting another army, rather it is a terrorist organisation deliberately shooting at civilians,> the ministry said in a statement. The United Nations urged <maximum restraint>, in a joint statement from their special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) chief Aroldo Lazaro. Intensifying exchanges of fire <could ignite a wider conflagration that would engulf the entire region in a catastrophe beyond belief>, they said. The US National Security Council condemned what it described as a <horrific attack>. <Our support for Israel's security is iron-clad and unwavering against all Iranian backed terrorist groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah,> a spokesman said in a statement. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned the <bloodbath> and called for an independent investigation.
Hezbollah denial
Hezbollah had earlier claimed several attacks on Israeli military sites after an air raid on southern Lebanon killed four of its fighters. But it denied it was responsible for the deadly strike on Majdal Shams. <The Islamic Resistance has no connection to this incident,> it said, referring to its military wing. But Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a statement early Sunday: <The rocket fired by Hezbollah was a Falaq 1 Iranian rocket, carrying a 50-kg warhead.> <This is a model that is owned exclusively by Hezbollah.> Iran on Sunday warned Israel that any new military <adventures> in Lebanon could lead to <unforeseen consequences>. <Any ignorant action of the Zionist regime can lead to the broadening of the scope of instability, insecurity and war in the region,> said foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani, adding that Israel will be responsible for <the unforeseen consequences and reactions to such stupid behaviour>. At least 25,000 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights, along with at least 23,000 Druze - who traditionally follow an offshoot of Shiite Islam and remained on the land after Israel captured it. Hours after the killings in Majdal Shams, a Lebanese security source said an Israeli drone fired two missiles at the village of Taraiyya in eastern Lebanon. The strikes destroyed a hangar and home, without causing casualties, the source told AFP on Sunday.
Deadly school strike
The latest strike on a school in Gaza came after a days-long military operation further south that killed around 170, said emergency services there.
The health ministry reported <30 martyrs and more than 100 wounded> in the strike on Khadija school in the central Deir el-Balah area.
Israel's military said Palestinian militants were using the compound as a <hiding place>. The latest Gaza strike, which Israel said targeted "terrorists", was at least the eighth time since July 6 a school has been hit. The strikes have killed more than 100 people, based on figures given by the health ministry and a hospital source. With most of the Gaza Strip's 2.4 million people displaced at least once during the war started by Hamas's October 7 attack, many have sought refuge in school buildings including the one hit on Saturday. Further south, in the Khan Younis city area, around 170 people have been killed <and hundreds wounded> in an Israeli operation since Monday, Gaza's civil defence agency said. It issued the toll after the military warned of new operations in the Khan Younis area, where troops had earlier recovered the bodies of five Israelis killed during the October 7 attack and held in Gaza since.
Aid effort 'destabilised'
Israel had warned on Monday that its forces would <forcefully operate> in the Khan Yunis area. On Saturday, the military ordered residents from more parts of Khan Yunis <to temporarily evacuate to the adjusted humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi> - the second such change to the declared safe zone within a week. The United Nations said that by Thursday, more than 180,000 Palestinians had already fled fierce fighting there. Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency, told AFP that many people had been displaced again on Saturday as the Israeli operation continued. But with large parts of Khan Younis <not suitable for living> and <no other options available>, civilians have struggled to find safety, he said.
<Where will these residents go?> The evacuation orders and <intensified hostilities> have <significantly destabilised aid operations>, the UN said, reporting <dire water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in the Palestinian territory>. Khan Younis was left devastated after heavy fighting early in the year but the military withdrew in April. Now it has returned in force. Israel said on Friday that its forces had <eliminated approximately 100> militants in Khan Yunis during the week.
'End this madness'
The October 7 attack on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,197 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Militants also seized 251 hostages, 111 of whom are still held captive in Gaza, including 39 the military says are dead. Israel's retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has killed at least 39,324 people, according to Gaza's health ministry, which does not provide details of civilian and militant deaths. Egyptian state-linked media said Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators are to meet with Israeli negotiators in the latest push for a Gaza truce, which critics of Netanyahu have accused him of blocking. The latest mediation efforts have focused on a ceasefire and hostage release accompanied by increased aid flows into besieged Gaza and the freeing of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240727-health-ministry-in-hamas-run-gaza-says-30-killed-in-school-strike

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