Israel kills at least 32 Palestinians in Gaza in a single day despite the ceasefire
It is one of the deadliest days since the start of the truce in October
BarcelonaThe Israeli army killed at least 32 people in Gaza on Saturday, despite the ceasefire in place since October, according to medical and civil defense sources in the Palestinian enclave. Today is one of the deadliest days. since the truce came into effectAnd now nearly 530 Gazans have been killed since then.
Among Saturday's victims are at least 17 people who died in a bombing of a police station in Gaza City. According to Al Shifa Hospital, at least nine police officers were killed, as well as four detainees and other civilians.
Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Al Jazeera that most of today's dead were children. Basal explained that Israeli forces used missiles, which caused widespread destruction and fires in the targeted areas.
In Al Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, seven members of a family were killed when their tent caught fire during the attack. They were a man, his three sons, and three granddaughters. "The three girls are dead, may God have mercy on them. They were sleeping; we found them in the street," one of their relatives, Samir Al-Atbash, told the Associated Press, adding that the entire family were civilians with no connection to Hamas.
A Gaza City resident, Mohamed el Helou, told Al Jazeera that Israel gave no warning before another bombing in the capital, this time targeting a residential building. "Surveillance drones and attack helicopters were flying very low. At 4 a.m., the building was attacked while a family with children was still inside," he said. Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza capital reported that three children and two women died, with only the children's mother surviving.
The Israeli army has confirmed "numerous attacks" against the Gaza Strip and claimed to have killed four "commanders and other terrorists" from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, without providing any details.
Reopening of the Rafah crossing
This Sunday, progress in implementing the ceasefire agreement is expected, with the Rafah border crossing slated to reopen, Israel announced. However, only those wishing to leave the enclave will be permitted to exit; no goods will be allowed to enter. COGAT, the Israeli military body responsible for coordinating aid to Gaza, stated that "limited movement of people only" would be allowed through the border crossing.