Israel attacks kill at least 17 in Gaza as ceasefire plan hangs in balance

Israel’s repeated attacks on the Palestinian civilian population and its continued destruction of Gaza show no signs of abating, with at least 17 people killed since dawn in attacks against a ceasefire plan in the US.

On Wednesday, two missiles struck al-Falah School in Zeitoun, east of Gaza City, where Israel has expanded its ground invasion and launched extensive aerial bombardment, killing hundreds of people there. Another attack left many of the Palestinian Civil Defense personnel with serious injuries as they arrived on the scene.

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Six people were killed and others were hurt in the attack, according to medical sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital, according to Al Jazeera.

In yet another Israeli attack on a home in the Derj neighborhood east of Gaza City, seven people were killed and many others were hurt.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee to the south, frequently being targeted on the way, by the constant bombardment of Gaza City, killing several people daily, destroying numerous residential buildings and schools, and causing the territory’s largest urban center to be destroyed.

In a mass grave inside the courtyard of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 11 unidentified bodies were interred in the same area. In recent days, Israeli fire has been blaring down the largest medical complex in the besieged area.

As bombings and gunfire continue all over, kidney transplant patients at al-Shifa are in greater danger.

According to sources close to the emergency and ambulance services, three people were killed in airstrikes against two homes in the central Gaza Strip’s Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps, according to the Wafa news agency.

Trump’s threat of a “sad end”

According to President Trump, Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a statement from Israeli and Arab leaders.

Trump said at the White House on Tuesday, “Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it isn’t, it’s going to be a very sad end.”

A day after the White House released a 20-point document calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the exchange of Israeli prisoners for Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and a staged Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, Trump made the remarks.

Hamas would be required to disarm under the proposed plan, and the US would work with Arab and international partners to establish a “temporary international stabilization force.”

Hamas would not participate in Gaza’s governance, according to the plan. If members of the enclave “peaceful coexistence,” they would receive amnesty, and those who wish to leave would be given safe passage abroad.

Hamas’s negotiating team has been studying Trump’s plan as Israel’s assault on Gaza continues, according to the Qatari government’s foreign affairs ministry on Tuesday.