No respite in Gaza strikes as Israel considers truce talks
As Israel continues its attacks on Gaza while considering a cease-fire, the flow of aid trucks into the enclave has slowed, while in the meantime, a second ship was due to arrive along a new maritime corridor to deliver food and relief goods
ISRAEL continued its brutal bombing campaign in besieged Gaza, killing at least 92 people, the local Health Ministry confirmed yesterday, Tel Aviv was reportedly preparing to send truce negotiators to Qatar.
Israel’s security Cabinet and the smaller war Cabinet were to meet to “decide on the mandate of the delegation in charge of the
negotiations before its departure for Doha,” the prime minister’s office said.
Its statement did not specify when the delegation would leave for the latest round of talks, which comes after Hamas submitted a new proposal for a pause in fighting and hostage release.
More than five months of Israeli war and a siege have led to dire humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, where the U.N. has repeatedly warned of looming famine for the
coastal territory’s 2.4 million people.
As the flow of aid trucks into Gaza has slowed, a second ship was due to depart from the Greek Cypriot administration along a new maritime corridor to bring food and relief goods, local officials said.
On Saturday the U.S. charity World Central Kitchen said its team had finished unloading supplies from a barge towed by Spanish aid vessel Open Arms which had pioneered the sea route.
The United Nations has reported particular difficulty in accessing north Gaza, where residents say they have resorted to eating animal fodder and where some have stormed the few aid trucks that have made it through.
Shelling and clashes were reported in south Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis and elsewhere. The territory’s Health Ministry said 12 members of the same family, whose house in Deir al-Balah was hit, were among those killed overnight.