Israel continues to pound Gaza, killing six in Khan Younis
SMA NEWS – KHAN YOUNIS
An Israeli strikes in Gaza’s Khan Younis have killed six people and wounded several others, according to medics in the enclave, with Palestinian news agency Wafa reporting that five were killed on a strike in a house in the city, with casualties being taken to the European hospital.
The strike comes amid continued Israeli attacks on the enclave, which have killed 37 people across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to Al Jazeera, that follow from Israel’s restart of its war on Gaza after a ceasefire failed to be extended in March.
According to a senior Hamas official speaking to Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen, Israel has offered a proposal for a 45-day ceasefire in return for the release of 10 captives, including US-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander.
The offer also has a commitment to negotiate for a second phase of the ceasefire, which was stunted during the ceasefire of January and February over Israel’s refusal to participate in negotiations which would see an end to the war.
Some 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war, with Israeli ground operations now occupying significant chunks of the costal enclave, including the major city of Rafah, which Israel placed as a buffer zone.
According to Ynet, 1,600 former paratroopers and infantry soldiers have signed a letter demanding that the government bring home hostages even if that means an end to the war, according to Times of Israel (ToI).
Haaretz also reported that 170 current and former reservists of Israel’s research and development Talpiot program have also signed a letter saying they support the protest by Air Force reservists who accused the government’s war policy of being based on “political and personal interests.”
ToI reports that other letters have come from military reservist doctors, former 8200 intelligence unit members, ex-Mossad members and navy reservists.
