Israeli airstrikes overnight killed 77 people in Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities just a few hours after the announcement a ceasefire had been agreed.
Scenes of celebration were followed with huge caution over the prospects of peace after Israeli raids hit Gaza City and Jabalia. Rami Almeghari reports from Khan Younis.
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Scenes of celebration were followed with huge caution over the prospects of peace after Israeli raids hit Gaza City and Jabalia. Rami Almeghari reports from Khan Younis.
#Gaza #Israel #Ceasefire #KhanYounis
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00:00And this is actually one of the norms by the Israeli army every time there is a war against the Gaza Strip
00:08and there is an imminent ceasefire announcement or a deal, the Israeli army intensifies its strikes on the region, on the coastal enclave.
00:18More deaths happen or occur, more injuries, more casualties, more bombardments.
00:24That's the norm by the Israeli army in every time there is a war against the Gaza Strip.
00:31This time it's very particular as Israel has been always stating and claiming that it is war,
00:38it is targeting the Islamist Hamas party that Israel has been accusing of orchestrating or infiltrating into the borders back in October 2023.
00:51I would like here to refer to the intensity of the strikes for today.
00:5680 people, 25 children, 20 women have been among those killed by the Israeli air strikes and actions overnight
01:05and today morning up to the latest, up to the last hours actually.
01:09Multiple strikes in many parts of the Gaza Strip including central Gaza Strip, northern Gaza Strip, Gaza City, the southern Gaza Strip
01:19and majority of those strikes hit homes, residential homes in which there are people including children, elderly and women.
01:29Let us here refer very briefly to a statement by the, a statement or a tweet by the Hamas's militant offshoot called Azzedine al-Qassam
01:40saying or claiming in one of the tweets that one of the Israeli strikes hit one of the location,
01:46one of the locations where there is, where an Israeli woman, captive Israeli woman, hostage Israeli woman was there
01:54and that it is claiming that it threatened the life of that woman.
01:59And the statement also claims that Israeli strikes might put the lives of Israeli hostages,
02:07especially those in the early stage of the deal, put their lives into a great deal of risk.
02:16That's the latest actually from the ground here while the ceasefire announcement is not yet taking effect and expected by Sunday.