GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, OCT 29 (AFP/APP):Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP Wednesday dozens of Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 50 people in the Palestinian territory, hours after US President Donald Trump said “nothing” would jeopardise the ceasefire agreement he helped broker.
The agency said 22 children were among those killed, as well as women and elderly, and that around 200 people were wounded.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic and terrifying”, calling the strikes “a clear and flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement”.
“The Israeli strikes targeted tents for displaced people, homes, and the vicinity of a hospital in the Strip,” he told AFP.
Israel began carrying out air strikes on Tuesday after accusing Hamas of attacking Israeli troops in Gaza and violating the truce.
While Israel did not say where its troops were attacked, Hamas has said its fighter had “no connection to the shooting incident in Rafah” and reaffirmed its commitment to the US-brokered ceasefire.”.
