An Israeli army strike on a tent camp in a humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 others, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave said Tuesday after the civil defence agency provided an earlier death toll of 40. The Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command centre in the Al-Mawasi area, which the military had designated a safe zone. Hamas said the claim that its fighters were at the scene was a "blatant lie". Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
- Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant offered his support for a hostage-release agreement in the first phase of a Gaza truce deal, saying it would give Israel a "strategic opportunity" to address security challenges “on all fronts”.
- An Israeli army strike on a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in a humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 others, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave said Tuesday after the civil defence agency provided an earlier death toll of 40.
- Hamas on Tuesday denied allegations that its fighters were present in the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in Khan Younis.
- At least 41,020 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 94,925 people wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 100 remaining in Gaza. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday's key developments:
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The Israeli military said it detained a convoy of United Nations vehicles in the northern Gaza Strip because it has intelligence indicating that a number of "Palestinian suspects" are in the convoy and it wants to question them.
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The convoy of UN vehicles and staff was released after being detained for more than eight hours, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said.
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Syria's health minister said that overnight Israeli strikes killed 18 people in central Hama province, updating earlier figures, while a war monitor gave a higher death toll for the raids on military sites.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
