Israeli strikes kill at least 32 in Gaza as Palestinian war deaths top 58,000
DEIR AL-BALAH Gaza Strip AP Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least people on Sunday including six children at a water collection point while the Palestinian death toll passed after months of war local soundness functionaries disclosed Israel and Hamas appeared no closer to a breakthrough in indirect talks meant to pause the war and free a few Israeli hostages after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s Washington visit last week A sticking point has emerged over Israeli troops deployment during a ceasefire Israel says it will end the war only once Hamas surrenders disarms and goes into exile something it refuses to do Hamas says it is willing to free all the remaining hostages about mentioned to be alive in exchange for the war s end and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces Frustrated families of several hostages demonstrated outside Netanyahu s office Sunday evening The overwhelming majority of the people in Israel have spoken loudly and clearly We want to do a deal even at the cost of ending this war and we want to do it now disclosed Jon Polin father of Hersh Goldberg-Polin an Israeli-American hostage killed in captivity Throughout the war in Gaza violence has surged in the Israeli-occupied West Bank Funerals were held there Sunday for two Palestinians including Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet killed by Israeli settlers according to the Palestinian Fitness Ministry Children killed and Israel blames a technical error In central Gaza agents at Al-Awda Hospital revealed it received bodies after an Israeli strike on a water collection point in nearby Nuseirat Among the dead were six children Ramadan Nassar a witness who lives in the area communicated The Associated Press that around children and adults had been lined up to get water He commented Palestinians walk chosen kilometers miles to fetch water from the area The Israeli military revealed it was targeting a militant but a technical error made its munitions fall dozens of meters from the target In Nuseirat a small boy leaned over a body bag to say goodbye to a friend There is no safe place resident Raafat Fanouna disclosed as specific people went over the rubble with sticks and bare hands Separately fitness agents disclosed an Israeli strike hit a group of citizens walking in the street on Sunday afternoon in central Gaza City killing people and injuring around others Dr Ahmed Qandil who specializes in general surgery was among those killed Gaza s Strength Ministry stated A ministry spokesperson Zaher al-Wahidi advised the AP that Qandil had been on his way to Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital In the central town of Zawaida an Israeli strike on a home killed nine including two women and three children agents at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital noted Later Al-Awda Hospital stated a strike on a group of people in Zawaida killed two Israel s military mentioned it was unaware of the strike on the home but reported it hit more than targets over the past hours including what it called weapons storage facilities missile launchers and sniping posts Israel blames Hamas for civilian casualties because the militant group operates out of populated areas Gaza s Fitness Ministry says women and children make up more than half of the over dead in the war The ministry under Gaza s Hamas-run regime doesn t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count The U N and other international organizations see its figures as the largest part reliable statistics on war casualties The Hamas-led attack on Oct that sparked the war killed particular people and abducted Israel s Potency Minister Eli Cohen reported right-wing Channel that his ministry will not help rebuild infrastructure in Gaza Gaza should remain an island of ruins to the next decades he revealed Funeral for Palestinian-American killed in the West Bank In the West Bank which has seen violence between Israeli troops and Palestinians and Israeli settlers attacks on Palestinians funerals were held for a Palestinian-American and a Palestinian friend The Palestinian Wellness Ministry reported Musallet from Florida had been beaten by Israeli settlers Diana Halum a cousin stated the attack occurred on his family s land The ministry initially identified him as Seifeddine Musalat Musallet s friend Mohammed al-Shalabi was shot in the chest the ministry noted Israel s military has noted Palestinians hurled rocks at Israelis in the area on Friday lightly wounding two people and setting off a larger confrontation Palestinians and rights groups have long accused the military of ignoring settler violence Their bodies were carried through the streets on Sunday as mourners waved Palestinian flags and chanted God is great Musallet s family has reported it wants the U S State Department to investigate his death and hold the settlers accountable The State Department has reported it had no comment out of respect for the family Isseid disclosed from Al-Mazraa a-Sharqiya West Bank Associated Press writers Fatma Khaled in Cairo and Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv Israel contributed to this review Follow AP s war coverage at https apnews com hub israel-hamas-war Source
