Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza; Egypt to host Hamas leaders for ceasefire talks

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Israeli subject strikes killed astatine slightest 40 Palestinians overnight and connected Friday successful the Gaza Strip, medics said, arsenic efforts to revive Gaza ceasefire talks received a boost with officials from the Palestinian radical Hamas headed to Cairo for a caller circular of talks.

Medics said they had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed successful bluish areas of Nuseirat, 1 of the enclave's 8 long-standing exile camps.

Later Friday, an Israeli airstrike killed astatine slightest 10 Palestinians successful a location successful Beit Lahiya successful bluish Gaza, medics said.

Others were killed successful the bluish and confederate areas of the Gaza Strip, medics added. There was nary caller connection by the Israeli subject connected Friday, but connected Thursday it said its forces were continuing to "strike panic targets arsenic portion of the operational enactment successful the Gaza Strip."

Israeli tanks entered bluish and occidental areas of Nuseirat connected Thursday. They withdrew from bluish areas connected Friday but remained progressive successful occidental parts of the camp. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said teams were incapable to respond to distress calls from residents trapped successful their homes.

Dozens of Palestinians returned connected Friday to areas wherever the service had retreated to cheque connected harm to their homes.

Medics and relatives covered bodies, including of women, that laic connected the roadworthy with blankets oregon achromatic shrouds and carried them distant connected stretchers.

"Forgive me, my wife, forgive me, my Ibtissam, forgive me, my dear," 1 grief-stricken antheral said done tears beside her corpse, laid retired connected a stretcher connected the ground.

Drone reportedly kills ICU leader

Medics said an Israeli drone connected Friday had killed Ahmed Al-Kahlout, caput of the Intensive Care Unit astatine Kamal Adwan Hospital successful Beit Lahiya, connected the bluish borderline of the Gaza Strip, wherever the service has been operating since aboriginal October.

Contacted by Reuters, the Israeli subject said it was unaware of a onslaught occurring astatine that determination oregon time.

Kamal Adwan Hospital is 1 of 3 aesculapian facilities connected the bluish borderline of the Gaza Strip that hardly relation present due to the fact that of shortages of medical, fuel, and nutrient supplies. Most of its aesculapian unit person been detained oregon expelled by the Israeli army, wellness officials say.

The Palestinian civilian exigency service, Hamas and the Palestinian authoritative quality bureau WAFA enactment the fig of Palestinians killed successful 2 Israeli strikes successful Beit Lahiya successful the past 24 hours astatine 70. There was nary contiguous confirmation of the fig by the section wellness ministry.

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an contiguous ceasefire successful Gaza and accused Israel of "using the limb of starvation against the radical (in bluish Gaza) to displace them from their onshore and homes."

The Israeli service said forces operating successful Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia since October 5 aimed to forestall Hamas militants from regrouping and waging attacks from those areas. Residents said the service was depopulating the towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun arsenic good arsenic the Jabalia exile camp.

Late connected Friday, 2 Hamas officials told Reuters a Hamas delegation would get successful Cairo connected Saturday for talks with Egyptian officials. The sojourn comes days aft the U.S. said it would statesman caller efforts with Qatar, Egypt and Turkey to revive Gaza ceasefire talks.

Biden pushes for ceasefire

Months of efforts to negociate a ceasefire successful Gaza person yielded scant progress, and negotiations are present connected hold.

A ceasefire successful the parallel struggle betwixt Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, an state of Hamas, took effect earlier dawn connected Wednesday, stopping hostilities that had escalated sharply successful caller months and had overshadowed the Gaza conflict. Hamas and Hezbollah are some U.S.-designated panic organizations.

Announcing the Lebanon accord connected Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden said helium would present renew his propulsion for a ceasefire statement successful Gaza and helium urged Israel and Hamas to prehend the moment.

The Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israeli communities 13 months ago, triggering the war. They killed astir 1,200 radical and captured much than 250 hostages, Israel has said. Israel's subject run successful Gaza has killed astir 44,300 radical and displaced astir each the enclave's colonisation astatine slightest once, Gaza officials say. Vast swaths of the territory are successful ruins.