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Israel airstrikes kill at least 100 in Gaza as negotiators seek ceasefire
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight, local health authorities said on May 18, as mediators hosted a new round of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has expanded its strikes on the enclave, killing hundreds of people since Thursday, in preparation for a new ground offensive to achieve "operational control" in parts of Gaza. "We have at least 100 martyrs since overnight. Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by Israeli bombardment," Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, told Reuters by phone. Israel has blocked the entry of medical, food and fuel supplies into Gaza since the start of March to try to pressure Hamas into freeing Israeli hostages and has approved plans that could involve seizing the entire Gaza strip and controlling aid. Hamas says it will only free the hostages in return for an Israeli ceasefire. Mediators Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, began a new round of indirect ceasefire talks between the two sides on Saturday, but sources close to the negotiations told Reuters there had been no breakthrough. Britain's Sky News Arabica and the BBC both reported overnight that Hamas had proposed releasing about half its Israeli hostages in exchange for a two-month ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Potentially complicating the ceasefire talks further, reports in Israeli and Arab media said Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar may have been killed. Hamas neither confirmed nor denied the reports. Israel's Defence Ministry had no immediate comment. In Israel, Einav Zangauker, the mother of Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was refusing to end the war in exchange for Hamas releasing the remaining hostages because of his political interests. "The Israeli government still insists on only partial deals. They are deliberately tormenting us. Bring our children back already! All 58 of them," Zangauker said in a post on the X social media platform. One of Israel's overnight strikes hit a tent encampment housing displaced families in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing women and children, wounding dozens and setting several tents ablaze. Hamas described the strike as a "new brutal crime" and blamed the U.S. administration for the escalation. Among the dozens killed earlier on May 18 were five journalists, some with their families. Zakaria Al-Sinwar, the brother of the Hamas leader, and three of his children were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their tent in central Gaza, medics said. He was a history lecturer at a Gaza university. Both men are the brothers of former Hamas chief Yehya Al-Sinwar, who was killed by Israel last October. Gaza's healthcare system is barely operational because of repeated Israeli bombardment and raids on hospitals. The blockade on aid supplies has compounded its difficulties, and worsened widespread hunger, for which Israel blames Hamas. "Hospitals are overwhelmed with a growing number of casualties, many are children," Deqran said. Later on May 18, the Gaza Health Ministry said the Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest partially functioning medical facilities in north Gaza, had ceased operating because of Israeli fire near and at the vicinity. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Staff at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, urged people to donate blood because of the overwhelming number of casualties. Hospital officials said they received 40 dead and dozens of wounded overnight because of the continued Israeli strikes. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 75% of its ambulances had stopped operating because of fuel shortages amid Israel's ban on imports. It warned that unless fuel is allowed back within 72 hours all vehicles may stop. Israel's declared goal in Gaza is the elimination of the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas, which attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and seizing about 250 hostages. The Israeli military campaign has devastated the enclave, pushing nearly all residents from their homes and killing more than 53,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Israel airstrikes kill at least 100 in Gaza amid ceasefire talks
Kuwait Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Kuwait Times
NO END TO GAZA TERROR
Hundreds martyred • Zionists launch ground assault • Hospitals shut • Children die of hunger Massive protest in The Hague • Italian MPs protest at Gaza border GAZA: The Zionist military said on Sunday it had begun 'extensive ground operations' in northern and southern Gaza, stepping up a new campaign in the enclave where Zionist airstrikes killed at least 130 people overnight. The Zionist entity made its announcement after sources on both sides said there had been no progress in a new round of indirect talks between the Zionist entity and the Palestinian group Hamas in Qatar. The office of Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the talks included discussions on a truce and captive deal as well as a proposal to end the war in return for the exile of Hamas fighters and the demilitarization of the enclave – terms Hamas has previously rejected. The Zionist military said it had conducted a preliminary wave of strikes on more than 670 Hamas targets in Gaza over the past week to support 'Gideon's Chariots', its new ground operation aimed at achieving 'operational control' in parts of the enclave. Gaza's health ministry said in the week to Sunday alone, at least 464 Palestinians were killed. The deaths of 130 or so Palestinians overnight are in addition to that figure. 'Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by (overnight Zionist) bombardment,' Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, told Reuters by phone. The Zionist campaign has devastated Gaza, pushing nearly all its 2.3 million residents from their homes and killing more than 53,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities. Tens of thousands of people, some waving the Palestinian flag, gather against the Dutch government's Zionist policy as they protest on Malieveld in The Hague on May 18, 2025. GAZA: Relatives mourn by the bodies of four-month-old Aylul Abu Seif and her father Khaled who were killed in Zionist strikes at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 18, 2025. AFPTV footage showed people sifting through what was left of ruined shelters and rescuers treating the wounded. 'All my family members are gone. There is no one left,' said a distraught Warda Al-Shaer standing amid the wreckage. 'The children were killed as well as their parents. My mother died too, and my niece lost her eye.' Gaza medics said contrary to earlier reports, Zakaria Al-Sinwar, a history lecturer at a Gaza university and the brother of Hamas' current and former leaders, was alive but in critical condition. He was placed in the morgue earlier with his three children, before medics realized he was still breathing. 'Hospitals are overwhelmed with a growing number of casualties, many are children,' health ministry spokesman Deqran said. Marwan Al-Hams, director of field hospitals at Gaza's health ministry, told AFP that since the blockade began, '57 children have died in Gaza as a result of famine, but in the coming days, this number will increase due to the depletion of available food supplies'. The UN had warned of the risk of famine in Gaza long before the aid blockade was imposed, and doctors at Kamal Adwan hospital told a WHO team last year that at least 10 children had starved to death. One of the overnight Zionist strikes hit a tent encampment housing displaced families in Al-Mawasi in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, killing women and children, wounding dozens and setting tents ablaze, medics said. Later on Sunday, Gaza's health ministry said the Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest partially functioning medical facilities in north Gaza, had ceased work because of Zionist fire. With 'the shutdown of the Indonesian Hospital, all public hospitals in the North Gaza Governorate are now out of service', it said. Gaza's healthcare system is barely operational and the blockade on aid has compounded its difficulties. Staff at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, said they received 40 dead and dozens of wounded overnight and urged people to donate blood. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 75 percent of its ambulances could not run because of fuel shortages. It warned that within 72 hours, all vehicles may stop. Tens of thousands of protesters marched through The Hague on Sunday demanding a tougher stance from the Dutch government against the Zionist war in Gaza. Organizer Oxfam Novib said around 100,000 protesters had joined the march, most dressed in red expressing their desire for a 'red line' against the Zionist entity's siege on Gaza, where it has cut off medical, food and fuel supplies. The march also passed the seat of the International Court of Justice, which is hearing a case brought by South Africa accusing the Zionist entity of genocide and last year ordered the Zionist entity to halt a military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Oxfam Novib said the Dutch government had ignored what it said were war crimes committed by the Zionist entity in Gaza, and urged protesters to demand a tougher line. Dutch Foreign Affairs minister Caspar Veldkamp earlier this month said he wanted the EU to reconsider cooperation agreements it has with the Zionist entity. But the Dutch government has so far refrained from harsher criticism, and the leader of the largest party in the government coalition, anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders, has repeatedly voiced unwavering support for the Zionist entity. Wilders called Sunday's protesters 'confused' and accused them in a post on X of supporting Hamas. Italian parliamentarians also protested on Sunday in front of Egypt's Rafah border crossing with Gaza, calling for aid access and an end to the war in the devastated Palestinian territory. 'Europe is not doing enough, nothing to stop the massacre,' Cecilia Strada, an Italian member of the European parliament, told AFP. The group — including 11 members of the Italian parliament, three MEPs and representatives of NGOs — held signs reading 'Stop genocide now', 'End illegal occupation' and 'Stop arming Israel'. 'There should be a complete embargo on weapons to and from the Zionist entity and a stop to trade with illegal settlements,' Strada said. The protesters laid toys on the ground in solidarity with Gaza's children, who the UN warns face 'a growing risk of starvation, illness and death' more than two months into a total Zionist aid blockade. At least 15,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the Zionist war began in October 2023, according to the United Nations. 'We hear the bombs right now,' Walter Massa, president of Italian non-profit organization Associazione Ricreativa Culturale Italiana, told AFP near the crossing. 'The (Zionist) army continues to do what it believes is right in the face of an international community that does not intervene, and in Gaza, beyond the Rafah crossing border, people continue to die,' he said. – Agencies
Daily Tribune
19-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Tribune
Israel strikes leave 130 dead in Gaza
TDT | Agencies Israel strikes leave 130 dead in Gaza Agencies Overnight Israeli airstrikes killed at least 130 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in the war-ravaged Gaza, local health officials said yesterday. Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 464 Palestinians were killed in the week to yesterday as a result of Israel's escalated bombardment. The deaths of at least 130 Palestinians overnight are in addition to that figure. 'Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by (overnight) Israeli bombardment,' Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, said. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the casualties. On the other hand, Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP at least 50 people had been killed yesterday 'as a result of ongoing Israeli air strikes since the early hours'. Pre-dawn attack He said 22 people died and at least 100 others wounded in a pre-dawn attack on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip. AFPTV footage showed people sifting through what was left of ruined shelters and rescuers treating the wounded. 'All my family members are gone. There is no one left,' said a distraught Warda al-Shaer amid the wreckage. 'The children were killed as well as their parents. My mother died too, and my niece lost her eye.' The ministry said 31 children and 27 women were left dead and hundreds more wounded in Friday's airstrikes. In southern Gaza, Israel struck the outskirts of Deir al-Balah and the city of Khan Younis. It said it hit anti-tank missile posts and military structures. Three children and their grandfather were killed as they fled bombardment in Khan Younis, said the head of pediatrics at Nasser Hospital, Dr. Ahmed al-Farra. In northern Gaza, the attacks sent people fleeing from the Jabaliya refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahiya. The attacks came as Israel prepares for a new ground offensive aimed at achieving 'operational control' in parts of Gaza.
The Herald Scotland
19-05-2025
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Israel airstrikes kill at least 100 in Gaza amid ceasefire talks
"We have at least 100 martyrs since overnight. Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by Israeli bombardment," Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, told Reuters by phone. Israel has blocked the entry of medical, food and fuel supplies into Gaza since the start of March to try to pressure Hamas into freeing Israeli hostages and has approved plans that could involve seizing the entire Gaza strip and controlling aid. Hamas says it will only free the hostages in return for an Israeli ceasefire. Mediators Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, began a new round of indirect ceasefire talks between the two sides on Saturday, but sources close to the negotiations told Reuters there had been no breakthrough. Britain's Sky News Arabica and the BBC both reported overnight that Hamas had proposed releasing about half its Israeli hostages in exchange for a two-month ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Potentially complicating the ceasefire talks further, reports in Israeli and Arab media said Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar may have been killed. Hamas neither confirmed nor denied the reports. Israel's Defence Ministry had no immediate comment. In Israel, Einav Zangauker, the mother of Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was refusing to end the war in exchange for Hamas releasing the remaining hostages because of his political interests. "The Israeli government still insists on only partial deals. They are deliberately tormenting us. Bring our children back already! All 58 of them," Zangauker said in a post on the X social media platform. Tents ablaze One of Israel's overnight strikes hit a tent encampment housing displaced families in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing women and children, wounding dozens and setting several tents ablaze. Hamas described the strike as a "new brutal crime" and blamed the U.S. administration for the escalation. Among the dozens killed earlier on May 18 were five journalists, some with their families. Zakaria Al-Sinwar, the brother of the Hamas leader, and three of his children were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their tent in central Gaza, medics said. He was a history lecturer at a Gaza university. Both men are the brothers of former Hamas chief Yehya Al-Sinwar, who was killed by Israel last October. Gaza's healthcare system is barely operational because of repeated Israeli bombardment and raids on hospitals. The blockade on aid supplies has compounded its difficulties, and worsened widespread hunger, for which Israel blames Hamas. "Hospitals are overwhelmed with a growing number of casualties, many are children," Deqran said. Later on May 18, the Gaza Health Ministry said the Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest partially functioning medical facilities in north Gaza, had ceased operating because of Israeli fire near and at the vicinity. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Staff at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, urged people to donate blood because of the overwhelming number of casualties. Hospital officials said they received 40 dead and dozens of wounded overnight because of the continued Israeli strikes. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 75% of its ambulances had stopped operating because of fuel shortages amid Israel's ban on imports. It warned that unless fuel is allowed back within 72 hours all vehicles may stop. Israel's declared goal in Gaza is the elimination of the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas, which attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and seizing about 250 hostages. The Israeli military campaign has devastated the enclave, pushing nearly all residents from their homes and killing more than 53,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities. (Reporting by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and May Angel; Editing by Sandra Maler, Philippa Fletcher and Helen Popper)
Express Tribune
19-05-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
130 Gazans dead in relentless Israeli strikes
Listen to article At least 130 Palestinians left dead overnight after Israeli military launched extensive ground operations in northern and southern Gaza. Sources on both sides said there has been no progress in a new round of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar. Gaza's Health Ministry said in the week to Sunday alone, at least 464 Palestinians were killed. The deaths of 130 or so Palestinians overnight are in addition to that figure. "Complete families were wiped off the civil registration record by (overnight) Israeli bombardment," Khalil Al-Deqran, Gaza health ministry spokesperson, told Reuters by phone. The Israeli campaign has devastated Gaza, pushing nearly all its 2.3 million residents from their homes and killing more than 53,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities. Israel has blocked the entry of medical, food and fuel supplies into Gaza since the start of March to try to pressure Hamas into freeing its hostages and has approved plans that could involve seizing the entire Gaza Strip and controlling aid. International experts have warned of looming famine. Asked about the Qatar talks, a Hamas official told Reuters: "Israel's position remains unchanged, they want to release the prisoners (hostages) without a commitment to end the war." Hamas was still proposing releasing all Israeli hostages in return for an end to the war, the pull-out of Israeli troops, an end to a blockade on aid for Gaza, and the release of Palestinian prisoners, he said. Reports in Israeli and Arab media that Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar may have been killed could potentially complicate the Doha talks, which began on Saturday. Hamas neither confirmed nor denied the reports. Gaza medics said contrary to earlier reports Zakaria Al-Sinwar, a history lecturer at a Gaza university and the brother of Hamas' current and former leaders, was alive but in critical condition. He was placed in the morgue earlier with his three children, before medics realized he was still breathing. "Hospitals are overwhelmed with a growing number of casualties, many are children," health ministry spokesman Deqran said. In Israel, Einav Zangauker, mother of Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker, said Netanyahu was refusing to end the war in exchange for the hostages because of his political interests. "The Israeli government still insists on only partial deals. They are deliberately tormenting us. Bring our children back already! All 58 of them," Zangauker said in a social media post. One of Israel's overnight strikes hit a tent encampment housing displaced families in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing women and children, wounding dozens and setting tents ablaze, medics said. Later on Sunday, Gaza's health ministry said the Indonesian Hospital, one of the largest partially functioning medical facilities in north Gaza, had ceased work because of Israeli fire. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said 75% of its ambulances could not run because of fuel shortages. It warned that within 72 hours, all vehicles may stop.
