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Hamas seeks ceasefire guarantees as scores more killed in Gaza
'Suddenly we found the tent collapsing over us and a fire burning. We don't know what happened,' one witness, Wafaa Al-Arqan, told Reuters. 'What can we do? Is it fair that all these children burnt?'
According to medics at Nasser Hospital further south, at least 20 people were killed by Israeli fire en route to an aid distribution site.
The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports and its forces were taking precautions to mitigate harm to civilians as it battled Palestinian militants in Gaza.
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into Israel on October 7 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel's subsequent military assault has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry, while displacing most of the population of more than two-million, triggering widespread hunger and leaving much of the territory in ruins.
Israel says it won't end the war while Hamas is still armed and ruling Gaza. Hamas, severely weakened, says it won't lay down its weapons but is willing to release the hostages still in Gaza if Israel ends the war.
Reuters
