Stress for a cease-fire deal intensified final week after greater than 100 civilians had been killed throughout an help supply in Gaza, triggering outrage from European leaders.
The Hamas-run well being ministry in Gaza stated Israeli troops opened hearth on a crowd of Palestinians on Thursday who had been taking meals from supply vans in Gaza Metropolis. Israel contests this, saying a lot of the accidents had been attributable to individuals stampeding towards the vans for provides.
Israel is below strain to comply with a cease-fire with Hamas to carry an finish to the battle in Gaza that was triggered by an assault by the militant group on October 7.
Since then, Gaza’s well being ministry says that Israel’s protection forces have killed greater than 30,000 Palestinians and worldwide leaders have turn into extra crucial of Israel’s retaliation. The United Nations has warned {that a} quarter of the inhabitants in Gaza are “one step away from famine,” saying civilians are relying on “woefully insufficient” meals help.
