Israeli strikes kill at least 72 people in Gaza while the prospects for ceasefire are getting closer
Deir al -Balah, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli strikes killed at least 72 people through Gaza Dourned overnight and Saturday, the health workers said, because the prospects for ceasefire improved after 21 months of war.
Three children and their parents were killed in an Israeli strike in a tents camp in Muwasi near the southern city of Khan Younis. They were struck during their sleep, said relatives.
“What did these children do with them?” What is their fault? ” Said the grandmother of children, Suad Abu Teima, while others knelt to kiss their bloody faces and cry. Some have placed red flowers in body bags.
Relatives react as they cry on the body of a loved one killed, as well as others, to Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday June 28, 2025. (AP photo / Jehad Alshrafi)
According to staff at Shifa hospital, 12 people near the Palestine stadium in Gaza City, who housed displaced people, and eight others in apartments, according to the staff of the Shifa hospital. According to health officials.
A midday strike killed 11 people on a street in eastern Gaza City, and their bodies were taken to the Al-Ahli hospital. Another strike on a rally in eastern Gaza City killed eight, including five children, the hospital said. A strike at a rally at the entrance to the Bureij refugee camp in the center of Gaza killed two, according to Al-Awda Hospital.
Hope a cease-fire agreement in the coming week
US President Donald Trump says there could be a ceasefire agreement for next week. Take questions to journalists on Friday, he said: “We are working on Gaza and try to take care of him.”
A situation official told the Associated Press that Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will arrive in Washington next week for talks on a cease-fire in Gaza, Iran and other subjects. The manager spoke under the cover of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media.
The Palestinians gather around a crater caused by an Israeli strike on a travel camp in Gaza City on June 28, 2025. (Photo AP / Jehad Alshrafi)
The indirect talks between Israel and Hamas are again on the move, since Israel broke the last cease-fire in March, continuing its military campaign in Gaza and promoting the unpleasant casualness of the territory. About fifty hostages remain in Gaza, less than half still believed alive. They were among the 251 hostages taken when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, causing war.
“What’s more left in Gaza who has not already been done? Who else must eliminate?” Yotam Cohen, brother of the hostage Nimrod Cohen, said on Saturday evening while weekly gatherings of families and supporters resumed after the ceasefire of Israel with Iran.
More than 6,000 killed since the end of the last ceasefire
War killed more than 56,000 PalestiniansAccording to the Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. He says that more than half of the dead were women and children. He said the dead include 6,089 killed since the end of the last ceasefire.
Relatives cry the body of the Palestinian Bilal Abu Amsha, who was killed among others in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, June 28, 2025.
The Palestinians search in the sand in search of personal effects after an Israeli strike struck a camp of travel tents in Gaza City, Saturday June 28, 2025. (Photo AP / Jehad Alshrafi)
Israel says that he only targets militants and blames Hamas’ civil death, accusing activists of hiding among civilians because they operate in populated areas.
There is hope among the hostage families that Trump’s participation to ensure the recent ceasefire between Israel and Iran Could result in additional pressure for an agreement in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is Set up a wave of public support For the Iran war and its achievements, and he could feel that he has more space to move towards the end of the war in Gaza, something that his far -right governance partners oppose.
Hamas has repeatedly said that it was ready to release all hostages in exchange for an end of the war in Gaza. Netanyahu says that he will end the war until Hamas is disarmed and exiled, which the group has rejected.
Hundreds were killed by looking for food
Meanwhile, the hungry Palestinians suffer a catastrophic situation in Gaza. After blocked all food for 2,1/2 months, Israel has only authorized a net of supplies in the territory since mid-May.
Over 500 Palestinians were killed and hundreds of others injured While looking for food Since the newly formed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began to distribute territory aid about a month ago, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Palestinian witnesses say that Israeli troops opened fire on crowds on roads heading for sites. The Israeli army said that it only pulled warning fire and that it was investigating incidents in which civilians had been injured when approaching the sites.
Relatives of the Palestinians killed on Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip mourned their death at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP photo / Jehad Alshrafi)
Thousands of Palestinians walk for hours to reach sites, moving through Israeli military areas.
The United Nations separate efforts to distribute limited foods have been Background by armed gangs looting trucks and crowds of desperate people Convoys unloading supplies.
The number of dead on Saturdays included two people killed by Israeli shots while waiting to receive help near the Netzarim corridor, a road that separates the north and south of Gaza, according to the Al-Shifa and Al-Awda hospitals, which each received a body.
There was no immediate Israeli military comments.
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Mednick reported to Tel Aviv, Israel. The journalist of Associated Press, Sally Abu Aljou to Beyrut, contributed to this report.
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