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Israeli strikes kill four in Gaza, including two children
Israeli airstrikes killed four people in Gaza on Thursday, including an eight-year-old girl in a Khan Younis tent encampment and an 18-month-old child in a Bureij refugee camp house that also wounded…
The Story in Brief
Israeli airstrikes killed four people in Gaza on Thursday, including an eight-year-old girl in a Khan Younis tent encampment and an 18-month-old child in a Bureij refugee camp house that also wounded eight people, medics said. Another man on a bicycle near a displacement camp in Gaza City died and ten were wounded. The Israeli military said the strikes targeted Hamas militants but provided no further details. The deaths add to a toll of over 1,200 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire took effect.
The attacks came as a Hamas official and a diplomat reported progress in Cairo talks on implementing a US-brokered plan that would see Hamas confine heavy weapons under a Palestinian body, the eventual disarmament of all factions, and a phased transfer of authority to a US-backed civilian administration. Key sticking points remain: Hamas demands a full Israeli withdrawal, while Prime Minister Netanyahu insists on expanding Israeli control to 70% of the enclave. No timeline has been set for the new administration to enter Gaza.
The Indian Opinion
The coverage frames each violent episode as a standalone incident, obscuring the cumulative toll of over 1,200 Palestinian dead since the ceasefire. Both sides use selective casualty figures, Hamas counts only civilians, Israel only combatants, to shape competing narratives of victimhood and self-defence. The real test will be whether the Cairo talks yield a verifiable weapons storage plan that both Hamas and Israel accept, or whether the cycle of strike and retaliation simply continues under a new label.
Source: thehindu.com
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