At least 15 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn today, hospital authorities said.
Israeli strikes continue to batter the enclave, despite US President Donald Trump’s Friday call for Israel to “immediately stop the bombing” and as delegations from the United States, Israel and Hamas head to Egypt to discuss his ceasefire proposal.
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas are expected to start tomorrow in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, according to an Egyptian official and three Israeli sources – as we reported earlier.
At least 67 people were killed in Gaza yesterday as Israeli bombardment continued, hospital officials said. Seventeen – many of them children – were killed after a strike hit a home in Gaza City, which recorded most of the deaths in the enclave Saturday.
The number of injured also continues to rise. More than 460 people were treated at Gaza City’s Al-Ahli Arab hospital Saturday, said Dr. Fadel Naim, who works there.
“The medical teams are still fighting to save lives amid severe shortages of staff, supplies and medicines, and an overwhelming number of patients requiring urgent surgery,” he said.
Meanwhile, at the Al-Shiffa Hospital in Gaza City, director Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya told CNN that there are few hospitals still operating in the city and they are able to provide only the minimum level of service.
“The medical and humanitarian situation in Gaza City remains catastrophic in every sense of the word, he said.
For context: More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, according to the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Many more have been left with life-changing injures, according to the ministry. In total, 169,583 people have been injured since the start of the war, it said Sunday.