Israeli military strikes killed multiplecivilians Saturday at a U.N. shelter and hospital in the main combatzone in the Gaza Strip as the assault intensified on the besiegedenclave’s Hamas rulers, amid growing international uproar over thesoaring death toll and deepening humanitarian crisis.
A Palestinian checks the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Friday, Now. 3, 2023.
Egyptian officials said they and Qatar were proposing humanitarian pauses for six to 12 hours daily to allow aid in and casualties to be evacuated. They were also asking for Israel to release a number of women and elderly prisoners in exchange for hostages held by Hamas - suggestions Israel seems unlikely to accept. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the press on the discussions.
On Saturday, two strikes hit a U.N. school-turned-shelter just north of Gaza City, killing several people in tents in the schoolyard and women who were baking bread inside the building, according to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.A man steps over the bodies of dead and injured Palestinians lying on the ground following an Israeli airstrike outside the entrance of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
About 1.5 million people in Gaza, or 70% of the population, have fled their homes, according to the U.N. The family home of Hamas’ exiled leader Ismail Haniyeh, in the Shati refugee camp on the northern edge of Gaza City, was hit Saturday morning by an airstrike, according to the Hamas-run media office in Gaza. It had no immediate details on damage or casualties and there was no immediate comment.
On Friday in Tel Aviv, on his third trip to Israel since the war began, Blinken pushed President Joe Biden’s calls for a brief halt in the fighting to address the worsening humanitarian crisis. But Netanyahu said there could be no humanitarian pause until Hamas releases all the hostages it holds.
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