Cairo/Gaza, Jan. 4, ‘25 (Reuters/TNZ) Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 people, Palestinian medics said on Saturday.
This is as mediators launched a new ceasefire push to end the 15-month-old war.
At least 17 of those who died were killed in airstrikes on two houses in Gaza City, the first of which destroyed the home of the Al-Ghoula family in the early hours, medics and residents said.
“At about 2.00 a.m. we were woken up by the sound of a huge explosion,’’ said Ahmed Ayyan, a neighbour. He added that 14 or 15 people had been staying in the house.
“Most of them are women and children and they are all civilians.
“No one there shot missiles, or is from the resistance,’’ Ayyan told Reuters.
People scoured the rubble for any survivors trapped under the debris and medics said several children were among those killed.
A few flames and trails of smoke still rose from burning furniture in the ruins hours after the attack.
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There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident.
Another strike on a house in Gaza City killed five people later on Saturday, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said.
It added that at least 10 others were feared trapped under the rubble.
The Israeli military said earlier that its forces had continued their operations this week in Beit Hanoun town on the northern edge of the enclave.
The army has been operating for three months and has destroyed a military complex that Hamas had used.
At least six other Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in Jabalia in the north and near the central town of Deir Al-Balah, medics said.
Saturday’s deaths brought the toll to 70 since Friday, Palestinian health officials said. (Reuters)
