At least 29 Palestinians, including at least six children, die in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip since dawn.<\/p>\n
By Linda Bordoni<\/p>\n
Multiple Israeli attacks struck Gaza, killing families and children overnight and on Saturday morning. Witnesses said Israel gave no prior warning before bombing a residential apartment in Gaza City.<\/p>\n
The death toll is one of the highest since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting.<\/p>\n
A day after Israel accused Hamas of new ceasefire violations, strikes hit locations throughout Gaza, including a tent camp, an apartment building and a police station.<\/p>\n
Hospital officials said the casualties included two women and six children from two different families.<\/p>\n
The series of strikes also came a day before the Rafah crossing along the border with Egypt, a key step in last year\u2019s agreement brokered as a path to ending the war.<\/p>\n
All of the territory\u2019s border crossings have been closed throughout almost the entire war and Palestinians see Rafah as a lifeline for the tens of thousands in need of treatment outside the territory, where the majority of medical infrastructure has been destroyed.<\/p>\n
Second phase of peace plan <\/p>\n
The crossing’s opening, which will be limited at first, marks the first major step in the second phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.<\/p>\n
On the agenda for the phase now underway, also includes the demilitarisation of the strip after nearly two decades of Hamas rule and the installment of a new government to oversee reconstruction.<\/p>\n
But Palestinian officials called Saturday\u2019s attacks \u201ca renewed flagrant violation\u201d and urged the United States and other mediating countries to push Israel to stop strikes.<\/p>\n
Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry has recorded 509 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the start of the ceasefire on Oct. 10.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s military, which has hit targets on both sides of the ceasefire\u2019s yellow line, has said strikes since October have been in response to violations of the agreement.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, for Palestinians in Gaza, life continues to be a daily struggle amid Israel\u2019s continuing blockade, repeated ceasefire violations and the near-total collapse of the economy.<\/p>\n
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