Israel strikes In the southern Gaza Strip, at least 19 Palestinians killed at least Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader and several women and children.
As the Israeli military directed people to evacuate from part of the city of Rafa on the border with Egypt.
The military said it will soon operate in the TV Sudan area of Rafa. Israel launched a major offensive against the city in May.
People were ordered to evacuate on foot along a route to the Mawasi area. It is unclear whether the evacuation order means Israeli forces will update the ground operations.
If Hamas doesn’t release hostages
Israel’s strike in the Southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians on at least Sunday, including senior Hamas political leaders. (IDF)
“Stay in a camp, tent or house of Tel al-Sultan, or walk on any other route that endangers your life and the lives of family members,” military spokesman Colonel Avicay Adraee said in a statement.
Hamas said its Politburo member Salah Bardawil was killed in a strike in Mawasi with his wife. Bardawil, also a member of the Palestinian Parliament, is a prominent member of the Hamas political department, and has spoken with the media for many years.
Two hospitals Southern Gaza They said they received bodies of 17 people on strike, including several women and children. Bardawil and his wife are not included in this number.
European hospitals said five of the dead and their parents were killed in a strike by Khan Yunis. The family of two girls and their parents was killed in another strike. The Kuwait Hospital said it had received the bodies of a woman and a child who died in another strike.
Hamas said its Politburo member Salah Bardawil was killed in a strike in Mawasi with his wife. (IDF)
The Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency Services Ministry said Israeli forces are blocking their ambulances from responding to the strike in Rafa and that several of its medical staff have been injured.
Last week, a series of air strikes by the Jewish state killed hundreds of Palestinians and the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended.
The ceasefire began in January, suspending the 15-month war triggered by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Attack Israel. The bodies of 25 Israeli hostages and eight other people were released during the ceasefire in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Negotiations were supposed to begin the next phase of the truce in early February, which required Hamas to release the remaining 59 hostages (including 35 dead hostages) in exchange for other Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and Israeli evacuation from Gaza.
Two hospitals in southern Gaza said they received 17 bodies attacked by people, including several women and children. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
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But these negotiations never began, and Israel withdrew from the ceasefire after Hamas rejected proposals from Israel and the United States to release more hostages ahead of any negotiations on a protracted truce.
Hamas killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 hostages in the October 7 attack. Most of the prisoners were released in a ceasefire agreement or other deals, but Israeli forces rescued eight living people and recovered dozens of bodies.
According to the Hamas government’s Gaza Ministry of Health, the Israeli attack killed nearly 50,000 Palestinians, which did not distinguish between terrorists and civilians.
Meanwhile, Hamas’ allies’ Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched another missile in Israel, but the Israeli military said the projectile was intercepted. No reports of casualties or damages.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
