According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, at least 18, 885 children have been killed by Israel since the start of its genocidal war in Gaza almost two years ago.
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, announced on Tuesday that no place in the region is safe for children because Israel has resisted providing desperately needed medical and aid aid.
In Gaza, UNRWA reported that in response to ongoing Israeli bombardments that have levelled homes, UN-run schools have turned into shelters for “hunds of thousands of people.”
Palestinians are “sought protection under the UN flag,” only to be targeted and the shelters become “places for death, including for too many children.” In Gaza, there is no place where children are safe. The organization stated that it was time to “ceasefire.”
According to reports, “over 540 children have been killed every month” in the past five months of the war, since Israel unilaterally shattered a ceasefire deal and resumed attacks.
Amna al-Mufti, 12, was killed by Israeli forces while carrying water for her family and her father’s grievances in footage obtained by Al Jazeera.
At least 51 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn on Tuesday, according to the UN warnings. Palestinians have suffered a daily deadly gauntlet, leading to nearly 2, 000 deaths since late May, including at least eight aid seekers who lost their lives when Israeli forces opened fire near the United States and Israeli-backed GHF aid distribution sites.
At least eight people were killed in attacks on tents in Khan Younis, according to Gaza’s hospitals, and four more were killed when a tent was attacked in Deir el-Balah, in the center of the country.
Despite international warnings calling for Israel to stop expanding its operations in Gaza City, Israeli forces are also launching an assault on the city. At least four people were killed and others were hurt in an airstrike in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, according to health officials.
Israeli forces reportedly blew up homes in the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, and there was also heavy fire reported in the area.
According to Tareq Abu Azzoum, a journalist for Al Jazeera from Deir-el-Balah, Israeli forces have been launching “a deadly barrage of air strikes on densely populated areas” in Gaza City.
“Israel’s operations have now expanded to the nearby Sabra area in addition to destroying over 450 residential blocks in Zeitoun, Gaza City’s quartier.” The main point of Gaza City is primarily a result of these areas, according to Abu Azzoum.
In addition, important mediator Qatar has confirmed that Hamas responded favorably to the request for a 60-day ceasefire and a partial captives-for-prisoners exchange.
Without providing further details, two Israeli officials said on Tuesday that Israel is examining Hamas’ response to the proposal. However, according to Israeli media, the far-right Israeli government wants all of Gaza’s prisoners, both alive and dead, immediately released.
The proposal for a ceasefire is in balance with the increase in attacks on Gaza City.
Over the past week, efforts to put a stop to the fighting grew more effective. Mediators from Qatar and Egypt have been pressing for indirect talks between the parties regarding a US-backed ceasefire plan to be resumed.
According to a Hamas official, the proposal calls for the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel and an unspecified number of imprisoned women and minors in exchange for 10 living captives and the bodies of 18 Palestinians who have already died from Gaza.
Two Egyptian security sources confirmed the information, adding that Hamas has also requested the release of hundreds of detainees from Gaza.
In Gaza, according to Israel, there are currently 50 captives, 20 of whom are still alive.
Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the 60-day truce would “provide a means to a comprehensive agreement to end the war.”
The proposal also calls for the Israeli forces to partially flee Gaza, which are currently occupying 75% of the area, and for humanitarian aid to arrive in the area where 2.2 million people are increasingly in danger of a famine brought on by Israel.
Israel’s government has not yet officially responded, but citing senior officials, Israeli media suggests that the government is unhappy with the limited prisoner-captive exchange and may demand that any deal that would result in the release of all 50 Israeli prisoners.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has calculated that a partial ceasefire is no longer in his “interest,” according to Marwan Bishara, a senior political analyst for Al Jazeera.
According to Bishara, “I believe that he is winning the war, that Hamas is on the verge of defeat,” and that he will accept a green light from Washington, “except in a very, very unusual circumstance,” to a deal.
Israeli tanks occupied the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City until it was no longer under Israeli control. Local health authorities reported that numerous people had been trapped in their homes as a result of the shelling.
Suha Maqat, a once-celebrated para-athlete who was blind in one eye and alone in Gaza City, is one of them.
Due to her situation, which has already forced thousands of Palestinians to flee in recent days, she is unable to follow Israel’s forced displacement orders, which include those for Palestinians with disabilities.
Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense, claimed that the Zeitoun and Sabra neighborhoods’ “very dangerous and intolerable” situation was “very dangerous and intolerable.”
Hussein al-Dairi, 44, a resident of Sabra, claimed that in the area, “tanks are firing shells and mortars, and drones are firing bullets and missiles.”
Hamas has agreed to a truce, he claimed, but the occupation is making things worse for the civilians and against us.
