Israel pounds Gaza after ceasefire deal announced

Ahram Online , Thursday 16 Jan 2025

At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and the central part of the Gaza Strip since Thursday dawn, hours after a ceasefire deal was announced by mediators.

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Palestinians react after the death of loved ones killed an Israeli strike the previous night, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip .AFP

 

"Our crew retrieved 5 dead and more than 10 injured from under the rubble of a house... that was bombed by the Israeli army in the Al-Rimal area west of Gaza City,", Gaza's civil defence said in a statement.

It added it had retrieved the bodies of two more people killed in a strike at "the Al-Sha'biya intersection in the centre of Gaza City".

Al-Aqsa TV reported heavy gunfire from occupation forces' vehicles southeast of the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, located south of Gaza City.

Additionally, two citizens were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombing targeting a house in Al-Nuseirat Camp in the central Gaza Strip.

In the north, Israeli warplanes launched intense airstrikes after midnight on the Al-Jarn neighbourhood and Masoud Street in Jabalia town, according to Al-Aqsa TV.

In Jabalia as well, Israeli forces carried out new demolitions of residential blocks in the area.

Moreover, an Israeli attack injured two people in the Khirbet Al-Adas area north of Rafah City, in Southern Gaza.

The strikes come a day after Qatar and the United States announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that they hope will pave the way for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.

Israeli media reported that the cabinet was set to vote on the ceasefire agreement Thursday morning.

 

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