{"id":207597,"date":"2026-07-15T08:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/207597\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:52:08","slug":"israel-kills-four-people-in-gaza-including-a-child-medics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/207597\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel kills four people in Gaza, including a child, medics say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli fire kills four people in Gaza, including a childOver 1,000 Palestinians, four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since OctoberHamas, Israel trade blame over truce violations<\/p>\n<p>CAIRO, July 15 (Reuters) &#8211; An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife and their six-year-old daughter in the Gaza \u200bStrip on Wednesday, Palestinian health officials said as talks to advance the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal faltered.<\/p>\n<p>The strike on an \u200capartment building in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza killed Omar Abu Qassem, his wife, Asma, and their daughter, Habeeba, medics said. Their son survived, but was injured, medics said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/3fec1b0a85a0\/world\/middle-east\/israel-kills-four-people-gaza-including-child-medics-say-2026-07-15\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fworld%2Fmiddle-east%2Fisrael-kills-four-people-gaza-including-child-medics-say-2026-07-15%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said the strike targeted a Hamas militant.<\/p>\n<p>In Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike killed one person, medics said. The Israeli military didn&#8217;t \u200bimmediately comment on this incident.<\/p>\n<p>The deaths add to a toll of more than 1,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, killed by Israeli attacks \u200bsince an October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/israel-hamas\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to end the war<\/a> took effect, according to health officials in the \u2060enclave. Hamas doesn&#8217;t usually disclose information about its fatalities.<a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/death-toll-israeli-fire-gaza-since-ceasefire-passes-1000-says-health-ministry-2026-06-18\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The truce<\/a> halted major fighting, but has failed to stop near-daily Israeli strikes. Four Israeli soldiers \u200bhave been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.CEASEFIRE FALTERSThe latest violence comes as Hamas leaders wrapped up another round of truce \u200btalks in Cairo on Tuesday. The discussions \u2014 mediated by Egypt, Turkey and Qatar \u2014 were aimed at implementing the second phase of U.S. President <a data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/a> Gaza peace plan.<\/p>\n<p>The talks included the disarmament of Hamas and the Israeli military&#8217;s withdrawal from the strip, according to sources close to the talks, who said there had been little progress amid \u200bdeep distrust between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase also includes allowing a U.S.-backed Palestinian technocratic committee to assume power from Hamas, the deployment of \u200ban international security force, and the start of the reconstruction of Gaza, which has been devastated by the war.<\/p>\n<p>Five countries \u2014 Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania \u2014 \u200chave committed \u2060to providing troops to the U.S.-backed International Stabilization Force. However, none have yet been deployed as negotiations between Trump&#8217;s Board of Peace and Hamas have stalled for months.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an aid donor meeting in Brussels on Monday, Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, said he would be visiting Morocco on Tuesday to &#8220;sign Morocco&#8217;s contribution to the International Stabilization Force, and soon we hope to see them on the ground undertaking their tasks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mladenov \u200bsaid the October ceasefire was holding \u200bbut &#8220;imperfectly&#8221; with violations continuing, adding \u2060that Hamas has yet to agree to what he called a &#8220;roadmap&#8221; for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas official Basem Naim accused Mladenov of supporting Israel\u2019s position in negotiations, and failing to hold the country accountable for violating the ceasefire and \u200bnot upholding the terms of the first phase of the Trump plan.<\/p>\n<p>The plan called for Israel to \u200bwithdraw its troops to \u2060a demarcated &#8220;yellow&#8221; line, but Israel has been slowly moving its troops forward and now effectively occupies more than 60% of the strip.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas has repeatedly said that it cannot advance to the second phase of the peace plan until the terms of the first phase are fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of Gaza&#8217;s 2 million \u2060people, most \u200bof whom have been displaced several times, now live on a tiny strip of \u200bland along the coast, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, under Hamas control.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas-led fighters killed 1,200 people during their cross-border attack into Israel on October 7, 2023, according to \u200bIsraeli tallies. 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