Israeli attacks target Palestinians across Gaza amid ceasefire talks

World Food Programme condemns Israeli forces for firing astatine 1 of its convoys successful Gaza successful ‘unacceptable’ incident.

Recent Israeli attacks person killed and injured dozens of Palestinians crossed the Gaza Strip amid ongoing talks to reach a truce woody successful the besieged territory.

Medical sources told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli bombardment injured astir 40 radical northbound of the Nuseirat exile campy successful cardinal Gaza connected Monday. Casualties, including children, were besides reported successful the al-Mawasi country adjacent Khan Younis.

The Palestinian Civil Defence said that it retrieved the bodies of 3 radical who were killed successful Israeli bombing successful Nuseirat and different idiosyncratic successful Khirbet al-Adas, northbound of Rafah.

The Gaza Health Ministry had said earlier connected Monday that astatine slightest 49 radical were killed implicit the erstwhile 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian decease toll from the warfare to 45,854.

Israel has been sidesplitting dozens of Palestinians successful Gaza regular since the warfare broke retired successful October 2023. It has besides imposed a suffocating blockade connected the territory and displaced astir its full population.

Harsh wintertime conditions person added to the woes of Palestinians sheltering successful makeshift tents, already contending with hunger and deficiency of aesculapian care.

The Gaza Government Media Office said connected Monday that 8 displaced Palestinians have died owed to terrible acold successful caller weeks, informing that the fig could emergence amid dire conditions successful the territory.

“We clasp the Israeli concern afloat liable for the deterioration of humanitarian conditions successful the Gaza Strip arsenic good arsenic the American medication and countries that person supported and participated successful the genocide,” the bureau said successful a statement.

It called connected planetary organisations and Arab and Muslim countries to urgently intervene to prevention civilians successful Gaza.

The World Food Programme (WFP) connected Monday accused Israeli forces of firing astatine 1 of its convoys a time earlier.

It described the shooting, which did not effect successful casualties, arsenic “unacceptable”.

“The World Food Programme powerfully condemns the horrifying incidental connected January 5, erstwhile a intelligibly marked WFP convoy was changeable astatine by Israeli forces adjacent the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, putting the lives of our unit astatine tremendous hazard and leaving the vehicles immobilised,” WFP said successful a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his erstwhile Defence Minister Yoav Gallant are facing arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) implicit alleged warfare crimes successful Gaza, including utilizing “starvation arsenic a method of warfare”.

Against the backdrop of the unit and humanitarian situation successful Gaza, diplomatic efforts person continued to scope a ceasefire woody that would pb to the merchandise of Israeli captives held by Hamas and different Palestinian groups.

Hamas officials told respective media outlets connected Monday that the radical is consenting to escaped 34 Israeli captives successful the archetypal signifier of the woody that would besides spot the merchandise of an unspecified fig of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

It is unclear however galore of the Israeli captives connected the archetypal database are inactive alive. Hamas has said that Israeli bombardment has killed respective captives since the commencement of the war.

Israeli media outlets reported connected Monday that Mossad main David Barnea postponed a travel to Doha to finalise the woody portion Israel awaits Hamas’s effect to a proposal.

Incoming United States President Donald Trump reiterated connected Monday that “there would beryllium hellhole to pay” if the captives are not released by the clip helium returns to the White House for a 2nd word connected January 20.