Israeli Strikes in Gaza Test Fragile Ceasefire
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About 91% of all homes in Gaza are now destroyed or damaged, leaving the majority of the population without safe, permanent shelter, the U.N.'s OCHA said.
Palestinians face renewed killings, raids and settler attacks as Israel pushes past agreed ceasefire lines. At least four Palestinians have been killed and several more wounded across Gaza as Israeli forces continued to fire on neighbourhoods despite the ceasefire, according to hospital officials who spoke to Al Jazeera.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 80, local health authorities said on Saturday, in a further test of a fragile ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel.
Israel and Hamas have traded blame for what both call violations of the U.S.-brokered truce, the first stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for a post-war Gaza.
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel fully responsible for humanitarian, security repercussions from its violations.
Israel's military on Saturday said it launched airstrikes against Hamas terrorists in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 14 people killed and another 45 wounded, including children.
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Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say more than 20 killed
At least another 50 were wounded in the strikes, as the U.N.-backed plan to stabilize and govern Gaza moves forward.
Israel killed at least two children a day in Gaza in the first six weeks of the current ceasefire deal, the UN reports.
Violence has repeatedly flared up in the weeks since a cease-fire was reached, killing hundreds of Palestinians and at least three Israeli soldiers.