Israeli Attack On Gaza Kills 123 People In The Last 24 Hours

Impact of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza/DOK UNICEF

JAKARTA - The Israeli military attacked Gaza City on Wednesday before the takeover plan, with 123 people killed according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. Currently, the Hamas militant group is holding further negotiations with Egyptian mediators.

The death toll in the past 24 hours is the worst of a week and adds to the huge number of casualties as a result of the nearly two-year war that has devastated the wilayyah that houses more than 2 million Palestinians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated the idea that US President Donald Trump should simply echo the idea.

"They will not be expelled, they will be allowed out," he told Israeli television channel i24NEWS.

"Everyone who cares about Palestine and says they want to help Palestine must open their gates and stop treating us," Netanyahu continued.

Arab countries and many world leaders were shocked by the idea of an eviction of Gazans, which Palestinians said would be like other "Nakbas" when hundreds of thousands of people fled or were forced out during the 1948 war.

Israel's plans to retake the Gaza City that it captured early in the war before being withdrawn may still be a few weeks away, officials said.

This means that a ceasefire is still possible even though the negotiations are still stagnant and the conflict is still raging.

Israeli planes and tanks severely bombarded the eastern region of Gaza City, residents said, with many houses destroyed in the Zeitoun and Shejaia environment overnight.

Al-Ahli Hospital said 12 people were killed in an airstrike at a house in Zeitoun.

Tanks also destroyed several houses east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, while in the city center, Israeli fire killed nine aid seekers in two separate incidents, Palestinian medics said. The Israeli military did not comment.

Eight more people, including three children, died of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the regional health ministry said.

Thus, the total death toll has been 235 people, including 106 children, since the war began.

Israel denies the unemployment and hunger rate reported by the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-controlled enclave.

The meeting of Hamas chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya with Egyptian officials in Cairo on Wednesday focused on stopping the war, distributing aid, and "ending the suffering of our people in Gaza," Hamas official Taher al-Nono said.