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Israel has launched intense artillery and helicopter attacks on southern Gaza despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, bombing a tent housing displaced Palestinians and killing a five-year-old girl and her uncle, according to officials.<\/p>\n
The killings on Monday brought the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the truce came into effect in October to at least 422, according to Gaza health authorities.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n The Nasser Medical Complex in southern Khan Younis said the deadly Israeli strike hit a tent in the coastal al-Mawasi area, and that four others, including children, were also wounded.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s military said it struck a Hamas fighter who was planning to attack Israeli forces \u201cin the immediate timeframe\u201d. But the military did not provide evidence for the claim, and it was not clear if its statement referred to the tent attack.<\/p>\n Despite the ceasefire, Israeli forces have continued near-daily attacks on Gaza and have maintained restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid. Much of the enclave has been devastated by Israel\u2019s genocidal war, with roughly 88 percent of buildings damaged or destroyed, Palestinian officials say.<\/p>\n Most of Gaza\u2019s two million people are now living in tents, makeshift shelters or damaged buildings in areas vacated by Israeli troops.<\/p>\n The Palestinian Civil Defence said on Monday that another Palestinian home damaged in earlier Israeli strikes collapsed in the central Maghazi camp, killing a 29-year-old father and his eight-year-old son.<\/p>\n But the rescue service said in a subsequent statement that it was unable to respond to requests to remove hazards caused by damaged buildings because of a lack of equipment and continuing fuel shortages.<\/p>\n The Gaza ceasefire, agreed upon after more than two years of Israeli attacks that killed more than 71,000 people, is being implemented in phases. The first stage includes exchanges of captives and prisoners, increased humanitarian aid and the reopening of Gaza\u2019s Rafah border crossing with Egypt.<\/p>\n Hamas has freed all remaining living captives and returned dozens of bodies, except for one, while Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, including some serving life sentences.<\/p>\n However, humanitarian groups say that Israeli restrictions continue to hamper aid deliveries, while Gaza\u2019s Rafah crossing with Egypt remains closed. The crossing had long been Gaza\u2019s only connection to the outside world until the Israeli military occupied the Palestinian side in May 2024.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s Kan broadcaster reported on January 1 that Israeli authorities are preparing to reopen the crossing in \u201cboth directions\u201d following pressure from US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n If confirmed, it would mark a shift from an earlier Israeli policy that stated the crossing would only open \u201cexclusively for the exit of residents from the Gaza Strip to Egypt\u201d. The policy drew condemnation from regional governments, including Egypt and Qatar, with officials warning against the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.<\/p>\n The latest Israeli report has left many Palestinians hopeful.<\/p>\n Tasnim Jaras, a student in Gaza City, told Al Jazeera that it was her \u201cdream that the crossing opens so we can continue our education\u201d.<\/p>\n Moaeen al-Jarousha, who was wounded in the war, said he needed to leave Gaza to receive medical treatment abroad. \u201cI need immediate medical intervention. I live in very difficult conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said Palestinians in Gaza have been waiting for the crossing to open for a long time.<\/p>\n \u201cFor many, this isn\u2019t about travel, it\u2019s about survival. Parents are asking about medical access they haven\u2019t been able to obtain over the past two years. Students think of this as an opportunity to continue their education,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd for many families, this is an opportunity to reunite with family members who have been separated for too long. But hope here is never simple. People here have heard about these announcements numerous times, and many recall how quickly it shut again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Israel, meanwhile, continues to retain control of 53 percent of Gaza, and witnesses on Monday reported continued demolitions of residential homes in the eastern Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.<\/p>\n The Israeli military also said it attacked a Palestinian who had crossed the so-called \u201cyellow line\u201d \u2013 an unmarked boundary where the Israeli military repositioned itself when the truce came into effect \u2013 in southern Gaza on Monday with the aim of \u201cremoving the threat\u201d. It did not provide evidence for the claim.<\/p>\n Israel also said it had carried out strikes against Hezbollah and Hamas targets in southern and eastern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Israel has launched intense artillery and helicopter attacks on southern Gaza despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, bombing a tent housing displaced Palestinians and killing a five-year-old girl and her uncle, according to officials. The killings on Monday brought the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the truce came into effect in October to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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