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Egypt Independent
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Israel begins extensive Gaza ground operation after intense airstrikes kill more than 100 overnight
CNN — Israel launched an extensive ground operation in Gaza Sunday in addition to an intense air campaign that health officials in the territory say killed over 100 people overnight and shuttered the last functioning hospital in the enclave's north. The Israeli military's ground operation in northern and southern Gaza comes as international mediators push for progress in ceasefire talks. Hamas and Israel began indirect talks in the Qatari capital Doha Saturday, with senior Hamas official Taher Al-Nunu confirming that 'negotiations without preconditions' had started, according to Hamas-run al Aqsa TV. While there is some optimism around the talks, a breakthrough is looking uncertain. Israel on Sunday indicated its openness to ending the war in Gaza if Hamas surrenders, a proposition the militant group is unlikely to accept. Hamas has said it will release all of the Israeli hostages if there are guarantees Israel will end the war. 'If Hamas wants to talk about ending the war through Hamas's surrender, we will be ready,' an Israeli source said. Earlier on Sunday, a senior Hamas leader told CNN that the group had agreed to release between seven and nine Israeli hostages in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 300 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Hours later another senior Hamas leader, Sami Abu Zuhri, denied and contradicted that proposal, posting a statement on Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV Telegram: 'There is no truth to the rumors regarding the movement's agreement to release nine Israeli prisoners in exchange for a two-month ceasefire.' He went on to say, 'We are ready to release the prisoners all at once, provided the occupation commits to a cessation of hostilities under international guarantees, and we will not hand over the occupation's prisoners as long as it insists on continuing its aggression against Gaza indefinitely.' The Israeli military has claimed that their new military campaign – called 'Gideon's Chariots,' a reference to a biblical warrior, and announced late on Friday – has brought Hamas back to the negotiating table. And due to the 'operational need,' Israel's Prime Minister's Office said Sunday that the country will allow a 'basic amount of food' to enter the Gaza Strip, to prevent a hunger crisis in the enclave, which Israel says would jeopardize the operation. The campaign was launched 'to achieve all the goals of the war in Gaza, including the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,' the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. 'During the operation, we will increase and expand our operational control in the Gaza Strip, including segmenting the territory and moving the population for their protection in all the areas in which we operate,' Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Effie Defrin said on Sunday. But analysts and officials say it's more likely that Hamas agreed to restart the talks following a visit from US President Donald Trump to the Middle East. 'Following discussions between Qatar and the US during President Trump's visit to Doha, there is a renewed push by mediators from the United States, Qatar and Egypt to see if a new ceasefire agreement can be reached,' an official with knowledge of the talks told CNN. US President Donald Trump walks with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar on May past week, Netanyahu directed the Israeli negotiating team to head to Qatar for talks, but made clear that he is only committed to negotiating a proposal put forward by the US' Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, which calls for the release of half the hostages in return for a temporary ceasefire. That proposal did not guarantee an end to the war. Trump was in Doha Wednesday as part of a Middle East trip that skipped Israel. Trump said this month that he wanted an end to the 'brutal war' in Gaza. He also bypassed Israel twice this month in reaching bilateral deals with regional militant groups. Hamas released an Israeli-American hostage last week, and the Houthis agreed to stop firing at American ships in the Red Sea while pledging to continue fighting Israel. Trump, however, denied that Israel had been sidelined. 'This is good for Israel,' he said. But on Thursday, he said he wanted the US to 'take' Gaza and turn it into a 'freedom zone.' 'I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good, make it a freedom zone, let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone,' Trump said from Qatar. While in the Gulf, Trump also acknowledged that people are starving in Gaza and said the US would have the situation in Gaza 'taken care of.' Entire families killed Meanwhile, the UN and prominent aid organizations are raising the alarm over Israel's new offensive in Gaza, saying it is civilians who are bearing the brunt of the assault. More than 300 people have been killed and over 1,000 others injured after Israel ramped up intense airstrikes since Thursday, according to a CNN count of this week's Palestinian Ministry of Health data. Entire families were killed while sleeping together, according to the health ministry. Palestinians carry the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP In the Al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza, an infant, his two young siblings and their parents, who were all living in a displacement camp, were killed on Saturday, Dr. Munir al-Barsh, the health ministry's director, told CNN. As the bombardment continues and the death toll rises, Gaza's healthcare system is being pushed further to the brink. Over the past week, the Israeli military has carried out strikes near several hospitals across the enclave, including the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, the last remaining functioning medical facility in northern Gaza, rendering it out of service. Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, the director of the hospital said Friday that there were 'extremely intense explosions' around the hospital, which severed the connections to ventilators that some of their patients require to stay alive. CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on the strike – the IDF has previously accused Hamas of hiding in medical facilities. On Sunday, Al-Sultan told British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) that the hospital is 'completely besieged,' that nobody is able to reach it, and that its intensive care unit was also being hit. 'We are deeply helpless,' he said, adding that the situation is 'beyond alarming.' Northern Gaza's Al-Awda hospital saw a 'harrowing night' with bombing in the vicinity of the hospital, the facility's director Dr. Mohammed Salha told MAP on Sunday. Salha said the hospital's medical systems – oxygen for ventilators, electricity and water supplies– were severely damaged. Quadcopters flying over the area hampered the movement of medical teams in and out of the hospital, and a shortage of medical supplies and fuel was making it difficult for the hospital to continue providing essential care. On Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 'all public hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are now out of service.' Famine risk in Gaza Prior to Israel announcing Sunday that it will allow a 'basic amount of food' to enter the Gaza Strip, the UN warned the enclave's entire population of over 2.1 million people is facing a risk of famine following 19 months of conflict and mass displacement, exacerbated by Israel's 11-week blocking of aid. A controversial American-backed organization, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), tasked with delivering aid to the enclave, welcomed the Israeli announcement about allowing food aid into Gaza as a 'bridging mechanism' until the group is fully operational. The non-profit was set up at the urging of the American government to help alleviate hunger in Gaza, while complying with Israeli demands that the aid not reach Hamas. In a statement, the group's executive director Jake Wood said, 'Today's announcement marks an important interim step. We expect GHF's new aid mechanism—including the establishment of four initial Secure Distribution Sites—to be up and running before the end of the month.' The new organization has come under criticism from top humanitarian officials, who warn that it is insufficient, could endanger civilians, and even encourage their forced displacement. The initial sites only being in southern and central Gaza could be seen as encouraging Israel's publicly stated goal of forcing Gaza's population out of the north, the UN warned. But the foundation says it has asked Israel to help set up distribution points in the north. The UN also warned that the Israeli military's involvement in securing the sites could discourage aid recipients. Israel's National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called the Prime Minister's Office's aid decision a 'serious mistake,' asserting that any aid entering Gaza would 'certainly fuel Hamas.' The number of people killed by Israel's offensive in Gaza in the wake of the October 7, 2023 attacks now exceeds 53,000 – the majority of whom are women and children, the health ministry said Thursday. Despite the resumption of talks in Qatar, Omar Qandil, whose brother, sister-in-law and 4-month-old niece were killed in an overnight airstrike in central Gaza, said he feels the world has turned a blind eye to their suffering. 'They were all asleep… all targeted in their bedroom,' he said. 'I don't know what we (can) say anymore, we (have) spoke a lot. There is no one looking at us: not Arabs not Muslims, no one.' The IDF on Sunday said its new offensive in Gaza is happening 'in full coordination' with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, and that the military is trying to prevent harm to the remaining hostages; but the forum has decried the operation saying it would endanger those still held captive in the enclave. 'The current policy is killing the living and erasing the dead. Every bombing, every delay, every indecision increases the danger. The living hostages face immediate mortal danger, and we risk losing the deceased forever,' said Hagai Levine, the head of the forum's health team, who the group said co-authored a report about the dangers the latest Israeli operation poses to the hostages. CNN's Eyad Kourdi, Abeer Salman and Jeremy Diamond contributed reporting. Khader Al-Za'anoun of Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, also contributed to this article.
Saudi Gazette
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Israel begins extensive Gaza ground operation after intense airstrikes kill more than 100 overnight
JERUSALEM — Israel launched an extensive ground operation in Gaza Sunday in addition to an intense air campaign that health officials in the territory say killed over 100 people overnight and shuttered the last functioning hospital in the enclave's north. The Israeli military's ground operation in northern and southern Gaza comes as international mediators push for progress in ceasefire talks. Hamas and Israel began indirect talks in the Qatari capital Doha Saturday, with senior Hamas official Taher Al-Nunu confirming that 'negotiations without preconditions' had started, according to Hamas-run al Aqsa TV. While there is some optimism around the talks, a breakthrough is looking uncertain. Israel on Sunday indicated its openness to ending the war in Gaza if Hamas surrenders, a proposition the militant group is unlikely to accept. Hamas has said it will release all of the Israeli hostages if there are guarantees Israel will end the war. 'If Hamas wants to talk about ending the war through Hamas's surrender, we will be ready,' an Israeli source said. Earlier on Sunday, a senior Hamas leader told CNN that the group had agreed to release between seven and nine Israeli hostages in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 300 Palestinian prisoners and later another senior Hamas leader, Sami Abu Zuhri, denied and contradicted that proposal, posting a statement on Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV Telegram: 'There is no truth to the rumors regarding the movement's agreement to release nine Israeli prisoners in exchange for a two-month ceasefire.'He went on to say, 'We are ready to release the prisoners all at once, provided the occupation commits to a cessation of hostilities under international guarantees, and we will not hand over the occupation's prisoners as long as it insists on continuing its aggression against Gaza indefinitely.'The Israeli military has claimed that their new military campaign – called 'Gideon's Chariots,' a reference to a biblical warrior, and announced late on Friday – has brought Hamas back to the negotiating table. And due to the 'operational need,' Israel's Prime Minister's Office said Sunday that the country will allow a 'basic amount of food' to enter the Gaza Strip, to prevent a hunger crisis in the enclave, which Israel says would jeopardize the campaign was launched 'to achieve all the goals of the war in Gaza, including the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,' the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.'During the operation, we will increase and expand our operational control in the Gaza Strip, including segmenting the territory and moving the population for their protection in all the areas in which we operate,' Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Effie Defrin said on analysts and officials say it's more likely that Hamas agreed to restart the talks following a visit from US President Donald Trump to the Middle East.'Following discussions between Qatar and the US during President Trump's visit to Doha, there is a renewed push by mediators from the United States, Qatar and Egypt to see if a new ceasefire agreement can be reached,' an official with knowledge of the talks told past week, Netanyahu directed the Israeli negotiating team to head to Qatar for talks, but made clear that he is only committed to negotiating a proposal put forward by the US' Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, which calls for the release of half the hostages in return for a temporary ceasefire. That proposal did not guarantee an end to the was in Doha Wednesday as part of a Middle East trip that skipped Israel. Trump said this month that he wanted an end to the 'brutal war' in also bypassed Israel twice this month in reaching bilateral deals with regional militant groups. Hamas released an Israeli-American hostage last week, and the Houthis agreed to stop firing at American ships in the Red Sea while pledging to continue fighting however, denied that Israel had been sidelined. 'This is good for Israel,' he said. But on Thursday, he said he wanted the US to 'take' Gaza and turn it into a 'freedom zone.''I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good, make it a freedom zone, let the United States get involved and make it just a freedom zone,' Trump said from in the Gulf, Trump also acknowledged that people are starving in Gaza and said the US would have the situation in Gaza 'taken care of.'Meanwhile, the UN and prominent aid organizations are raising the alarm over Israel's new offensive in Gaza, saying it is civilians who are bearing the brunt of the than 300 people have been killed and over 1,000 others injured after Israel ramped up intense airstrikes since Thursday, according to a CNN count of this week's Palestinian Ministry of Health families were killed while sleeping together, according to the health the Al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza, an infant, his two young siblings and their parents, who were all living in a displacement camp, were killed on Saturday, Dr. Munir al-Barsh, the health ministry's director, told the bombardment continues and the death toll rises, Gaza's healthcare system is being pushed further to the the past week, the Israeli military has carried out strikes near several hospitals across the enclave, including the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, the last remaining functioning medical facility in northern Gaza, rendering it out of Marwan Al-Sultan, the director of the hospital said Friday that there were 'extremely intense explosions' around the hospital, which severed the connections to ventilators that some of their patients require to stay alive. CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on the strike - the IDF has previously accused Hamas of hiding in medical Sunday, Al-Sultan told British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) that the hospital is 'completely besieged,' that nobody is able to reach it, and that its intensive care unit was also being hit.'We are deeply helpless,' he said, adding that the situation is 'beyond alarming.'Northern Gaza's Al-Awda hospital saw a 'harrowing night' with bombing in the vicinity of the hospital, the facility's director Dr. Mohammed Salha told MAP on said the hospital's medical systems – oxygen for ventilators, electricity and water supplies– were severely damaged. Quadcopters flying over the area hampered the movement of medical teams in and out of the hospital, and a shortage of medical supplies and fuel was making it difficult for the hospital to continue providing essential Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 'all public hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are now out of service.'Prior to Israel announcing Sunday that it will allow a 'basic amount of food' to enter the Gaza Strip, the UN warned the enclave's entire population of over 2.1 million people is facing a risk of famine following 19 months of conflict and mass displacement, exacerbated by Israel's 11-week blocking of aid.A controversial American-backed organization, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), tasked with delivering aid to the enclave, welcomed the Israeli announcement about allowing food aid into Gaza as a 'bridging mechanism' until the group is fully non-profit was set up at the urging of the American government to help alleviate hunger in Gaza, while complying with Israeli demands that the aid not reach a statement, the group's executive director Jake Wood said, 'Today's announcement marks an important interim step. We expect GHF's new aid mechanism—including the establishment of four initial Secure Distribution Sites—to be up and running before the end of the month.'The new organization has come under criticism from top humanitarian officials, who warn that it is insufficient, could endanger civilians, and even encourage their forced displacement. The initial sites only being in southern and central Gaza could be seen as encouraging Israel's publicly stated goal of forcing Gaza's population out of the north, the UN the foundation says it has asked Israel to help set up distribution points in the north. The UN also warned that the Israeli military's involvement in securing the sites could discourage aid National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called the Prime Minister's Office's aid decision a 'serious mistake,' asserting that any aid entering Gaza would 'certainly fuel Hamas.'The number of people killed by Israel's offensive in Gaza in the wake of the October 7, 2023 attacks now exceeds 53,000 – the majority of whom are women and children, the health ministry said the resumption of talks in Qatar, Omar Qandil, whose brother, sister-in-law and 4-month-old niece were killed in an overnight airstrike in central Gaza, said he feels the world has turned a blind eye to their suffering.'They were all asleep... all targeted in their bedroom,' he said.'I don't know what we (can) say anymore, we (have) spoke a lot. There is no one looking at us: not Arabs not Muslims, no one.'The IDF on Sunday said its new offensive in Gaza is happening 'in full coordination' with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, and that the military is trying to prevent harm to the remaining hostages; but the forum has decried the operation saying it would endanger those still held captive in the enclave.'The current policy is killing the living and erasing the dead. Every bombing, every delay, every indecision increases the danger. The living hostages face immediate mortal danger, and we risk losing the deceased forever,' said Hagai Levine, the head of the forum's health team, who the group said co-authored a report about the dangers the latest Israeli operation poses to the hostages. — CNN
Leaders
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Leaders
Hamas to Free Hostages if Gaza War's End Guaranteed, Senior Official Says
A senior Hamas official stated that the group is ready to release all Israeli hostages under the conditions of ending the war in Gaza and implementing a 'serious prisoner swap,' according to Arab News. Currently, the Palestinian group is engaged in negotiations in Cairo with mediators from Egypt and Qatar which are both collaborating with the United States to carry out a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. 'We are ready to release all Israeli captives in exchange for a serious prisoner swap deal, an end to the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the entry of humanitarian aid,' Taher Al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said. In the same context, Al-Nunu accused Israel of halting the progress toward a ceasefire, explaining that the Israeli occupation is breaking the deals and resuming its aggression against civilians. 'Hamas has therefore stressed the need for guarantees to compel the occupation (Israel) to uphold the agreement,' he added. Hamas has received a new proposal, according to Israeli news website Ynet. The deal stipulates that Hamas should release 10 living hostages, while US guarantees that Israel would enter negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire. Importantly, Al-Nunu stressed that Hamas would never disarm, which contradicts with Israel's key condition to end the war. 'The weapons of the resistance are not up for negotiation,' Al-Nunu said. Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza, the Israeli occupation has killed at least 50,695 Palestinians and wounded 115,338 more, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Related Topics: Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza Hospital Microsoft AI CEO Faces Accusations of Supporting Israel's Genocide in Gaza 'Zionists Showed Us What Real Evil, Hate Are': Outcry for Gaza Short link : Post Views: 12
Arab News
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Hamas will free hostages if end to Gaza war guaranteed
CAIRO: A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a 'serious prisoner swap' and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza. Hamas is engaged in negotiations in Cairo with mediators from Egypt and Qatar – two nations working alongside the United States to broker a ceasefire in the besieged territory. 'We are ready to release all Israeli captives in exchange for a serious prisoner swap deal, an end to the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the entry of humanitarian aid,' Taher Al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said. However, he accused Israel of obstructing progress toward a ceasefire. 'The issue is not the number of captives,' Nunu said, 'but rather that the occupation is reneging on its commitments, blocking the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and continuing the war.' 'Hamas has therefore stressed the need for guarantees to compel the occupation (Israel) to uphold the agreement,' he added. Israeli news website Ynet reported on Monday that a new proposal had been put to Hamas. Under the deal, the group would release 10 living hostages in exchange for US guarantees that Israel would enter negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire. The first phase of the ceasefire, which began on January 19 and included multiple hostage-prisoner exchanges, lasted two months before disintegrating. Efforts toward a new truce have stalled, reportedly over disputes regarding the number of hostages to be released by Hamas. Meanwhile, Nunu said that Hamas would not disarm, a key condition that Israel has set for ending the war. 'The weapons of the resistance are not up for negotiation,' Nunu said. The war in Gaza broke out after Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures. Militants also took 251 hostages, 58 of whom are still held in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead. Gaza's health ministry said on Sunday that at least 1,574 Palestinians had been killed since March 18, when the ceasefire collapsed, taking the overall death toll since the war began to 50,944.
Arab News
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Hamas says open to talks as Israel keeps up Gaza strikes
GAZA CITY: Hamas said it remained open to negotiations while calling for pressure on Israel Wednesday to implement a Gaza truce after its deadliest bombing since the fragile ceasefire began in January. Israel carried out fresh air strikes on Gaza on Wednesday, killing 13 people according to the territory's civil defense agency, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday's raids were 'only the beginning.' The United Nations and countries around the world condemned the high civilian death toll in the renewed strikes, which have killed more than 400 people, according to Hamas-run territory's health ministry. Hamas is open to talks on getting the ceasefire back on track but will not renegotiate the agreement that took effect on January 19, an official from the militant group said. 'Hamas has not closed the door on negotiations but we insist there is no need for new agreements,' Taher Al-Nunu told AFP. 'We have no conditions, but we demand that the occupation be compelled to immediately halt its aggression and war of extermination, and begin the second phase of negotiations.' Negotiations have stalled over how to proceed with a ceasefire whose first phase expired in early March, with Israel and Hamas disagreeing on whether to move to a new phase intended to bring the war to an end. Instead, Israel and the United States have sought to change the terms of the deal by extending stage one. That would delay the start of phase two, which was meant to establish a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and was swiftly rejected by Hamas, which demanded full implementation of the original deal. 'There is no need for new agreements in light of the existing agreement signed by all parties,' Nunu said. Israel and the United States have portrayed Hamas's rejection of an extended stage one as a refusal to release more Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Netanyahu's office said he ordered the renewed strikes on Gaza after 'Hamas's repeated refusal to release our hostages.' In a televised address late Tuesday, the premier said: 'From now on, negotiations will take place only under fire... Military pressure is essential for the release of additional hostages. 'Hamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours. And I want to promise you — and them — this is only the beginning.' The White House said Israel consulted US President Donald Trump's administration before launching the strikes, while Israel said the return to fighting was 'fully coordinated' with Washington. The intense Israeli bombardment sent a stream of new casualties to the few hospitals still functioning in Gaza and triggered fears of a return to full-blown war after two months of relative calm. The roads were once again filled with Palestinian civilians on the move as families responded to evacuation warnings from the Israeli army. 'Today I felt that Gaza is a real hell,' said Jihan Nahhal, a 43-year-old from Gaza City, adding some of her relatives were wounded or killed in the strikes. 'Suddenly there were huge explosions, as if it were the first day of the war.' The Gaza health ministry said the bodies of 413 people had been received by hospitals, adding people were still under the rubble. A spokeswoman for the UN children's agency UNICEF said medical facilities that 'have already been decimated' by the war were now 'overwhelmed.' Governments in the Middle East, Europe and beyond called for the renewed hostilities to end. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Israel's raids on Gaza 'are shattering the tangible hopes of so many Israelis and Palestinians of an end to suffering on all sides.' European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she told her Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar that the new strikes on Gaza were 'unacceptable.' Both Egypt and Qatar, which brokered the Gaza ceasefire alongside the United States, condemned Israel's resort to military action. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said the strikes were part of 'deliberate efforts to make the Gaza Strip uninhabitable and force the Palestinians into displacement.' Trump has floated a proposal to move Palestinians out of Gaza, an idea rejected by Palestinians and governments in the region and beyond, but embraced by some Israeli politicians. Israel's resumption of military operations in Gaza, after it already halted all humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza this month, drew an immediate political dividend for Netanyahu. The far-right Otzma Yehudit party, which quit his ruling coalition in January in protest at the Gaza ceasefire, rejoined its ranks with its firebrand leader Itamar Ben Gvir again becoming national security minister. The war began with Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in 1,218 deaths, mostly civilians, according to Israeli figures. Israel's retaliation in Gaza has killed at least 48,577 people, also mostly civilians, according to figures from the territory's health ministry. Of the 251 hostages seized during the attack, 58 are still in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
