40 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Netanyahu and Trump meet over a ceasefire
On Wednesday, crowds of people bid farewell to the 10 members of the Shaaban family killed in an Israeli strike while they were inside their tent in Khan Younis.
'I found all my children dead, and my daughters' three children dead,' said Um Mohammad Shaaban, a nickname that means Mohammad Shaaban's mother. 'It's supposed to be a safe area where we were.'
Even with talks of a ceasefire taking place, she said that strikes have intensified and fears for her life. 'The hospital last night was jam-packed,' she said.
As she wept over the bodies of her three grandchildren, others holding the bodies struggled to let go before they were sent to burial.
Palestinians are struggling to secure food and water
Many Palestinians are watching the ceasefire negotiations with trepidation, desperate for an end to the war.
In the sprawling coastal Muwasi area, where many live in ad-hoc tents after being displaced from their homes, Abeer al-Najjar said she had struggled during the constant bombardments to secure sufficient food and water for her family. 'I pray to God that there would be a pause, and not just a pause where they would lie to us with a month or two, then start doing what they're doing to us again. We want a full ceasefire.'
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