Al Jazeera reports the southern city was bombed approximately 30 times in 'just a few hours' overnight.
Palestinians leave their homes after Israel issued an evacuation warning as Israel's attacks continue in eastern Khan Yunis, Gaza, on August 8, 2024.
The intensified overnight bombing came just hours after a joint statement Thursday evening from the United States, Qatar, and Egypt signaled a fresh round of mediated negotiations between Israel and Hamas to end the onslaught in exchange for the release of Israeli prisoners still being held since last year’s cross-border attack on October 7 of last year.
“There is no further time to waste nor excuses from any party for further delay,” the joint statement read in part, indicating that a framework for an agreement would be the basis for the new round of talks that were derailed completely last month after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated, almost certainly by Israel, in Tehran last month.
At a rally in Detroit, Michigan on Wednesday evening, protesters calling for an end to the genocidal assault on Gaza demanded that Vice President, now the presidential Democratic nominee, commit to supporting an arms embargo against Israel as a way to bring the war to an end.a willingness to engage with those interrupting the rally and address their concerns, members of her team later clarified Harris “does not support” such an embargo.with those who argue that the “most effective action the U.
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