DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Two Palestinians on bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October ceasefire that hasn\u2019t halted deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the two men were hit near the ceasefire line that divides Gaza, with one half under Israeli military control. They were hit in eastern Deir al Balah, the hospital said, adding that it also received the body of a woman who was killed by Israeli gunfire in central Maghazi refugee camp.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s military did not immediately respond to questions about either strike. It has previously said its forces respond to ceasefire violations or attacks on its soldiers.<\/p>\n
Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry on Tuesday said reported 586 Palestinians had been killed since the start of the ceasefire, bringing the cumulative toll to 72,037 killed since the start of Israel\u2019s offensive. The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.<\/p>\n
Deadly Israeli strikes have repeatedly disrupted the truce since it took effect on Oct. 10. The escalating Palestinian toll has prompted many in Gaza to say it feels like the war has continued unabated.<\/p>\n
Yet parts of the agreement outlined in last year\u2019s ceasefire are moving forward. After a chaotic first week, officials say more Palestinians are entering and leaving Gaza for Egypt via the reopened Rafah crossing. Plans for an international peacekeeping force meant to provide security in Gaza are also beginning to take shape.<\/p>\n
Indonesia \u2014 the world\u2019s most populous Muslim-majority country \u2014 said Tuesday that its military had begun training personnel to serve in Gaza, specifically for reconstruction and humanitarian response. Its army chief of staff said between 5,000 and 8,000 troops were preparing to deploy.<\/p>\n
Vahd Nabyl Achmad Mulachela, a spokesperson for Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said Indonesian troops would not take part in disarmament \u2014 one of the most contentious and unresolved elements of the peace plan.<\/p>\n
Indonesia\u2019s President Prabowo Subianto told the U.N. General Assembly in October that his country planned to contribute troops, even as details about the force\u2019s role and mandate was unclear. The commitment came as Prabowo sought closer ties with President Trump.<\/p>\n
Israel and Hamas remain divided over the timeline and scope of Israel\u2019s withdrawal and the demilitarization of the enclave after nearly two decades of Hamas rule. <\/p>\n
The temporary International Stabilization Force outlined last year in Trump\u2019s 20-point peace plan \u2014 among the key components of that effort \u2014 is envisioned as a later phase of the plan.<\/p>\n
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, on Oct. 7, 2023. The 251 hostages taken in the attack were returned to Israel in various ceasefire agreements, with the remains of Israeli police officer Ran Gvili \u2014 the final body in Gaza \u2014 were found and returned in January, paving the way for the advance of the ceasefire agreement. The war has sparked worldwide protests and brought allegations of genocide that Israel denies.<\/p>\n
Shurafa and Tarigan write for the Associated Press. Tarigan reported from Jakarta, Indonesia. AP writers Samy Magdy in Cairo and Sam Metz in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Two Palestinians on bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday, hospital…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-284115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}