Residents of Gaza City were trapped in houses and bodies lay uncollected in the streets under an intense new Israeli assault Thursday, even as Washington pushed for a peace deal at talks in Egypt and Qatar.
Hamas terrorists say a heavy Israel i assault on Gaza City this week could wreck efforts to finally end the war just as negotiations have entered the home stretch.
The Civil Emergency Service said it estimated that at least 30 people had been killed in the Tel Al-Hawa and Rimal areas and it could not recover bodies from the streets there. Ali, whose family has relocated several times within the city, said they had been running short of food, water and medicine. "We have returned to Shejaia after 15 days. You can see the destruction. They spared nothing, even trees, there was a lot of greenery in this area. What is the guilt of stones and trees? And what is my guilt as a civilian?" resident Hatem Tayeh told Reuters in the ruins.Israel launched its assault on the Gaza Strip last year after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing more than 250 hostages according to Israeli tallies.
The negotiations in Qatar and Egypt follow important concessions last week from Hamas, which agreed that a truce could begin and some hostages released without Israel first agreeing to end the war.
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