5 Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike

A Palestinian TV channel says 5 of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike within the central Gaza Strip.

They have been in a Quds Right this moment van parked exterior al-Awda hospital, the place the spouse of one of many journalists was about to offer delivery, within the central Nuseirat refugee camp.

The channel posted a video of what it mentioned was the burning car with “press” signage on the again doorways.

The Israeli Air Power mentioned it had attacked “in a focused method and with intelligence steerage” a car with members of armed group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) inside. It added that measures had been taken to minimise civilian casualties.

The BBC has not been capable of confirm claims made by both facet.

Quds Right this moment is affiliated with the PIJ group that took half within the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led assault on Israel. The unprecedented assault triggered the struggle in Gaza.

In a separate improvement, 5 folks have been reported killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Metropolis on Wednesday.

The Palestinian Wafa information company, and the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry, additionally mentioned an extra 20 folks have been injured within the metropolis’s al-Zeitoun neighbourhood.

The Israeli army has not commented on the reported bombing.

In the meantime the daddy of a two-week-old Palestinian woman has advised the BBC how his child daughter froze to loss of life in a tent in Gaza – the third little one in per week to die in related circumstances.

Mahmoud Ismail Al-Faseeh mentioned he wakened within the extreme chilly to seek out his daughter, Sila, struggling convulsions. She was rushed to hospital however died from hypothermia, the pinnacle of paediatrics at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis advised the Related Press information company.

The household was sheltering in al-Mawasi space on Gaza’s coast, a strip of land designated by the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) as a humanitarian zone however which has been hit by air strikes.

Ahmed al-Farra, the pinnacle of paediatrics, mentioned two different infants – one three days previous and the opposite a month previous – had been introduced in over the previous 48 hours after dying from hypothermia.

Hopes of progress in direction of a ceasefire in latest days have begun to recede, with Hamas and Israel blaming one another.

Hamas accused the Israeli authorities of imposing “new circumstances” that it mentioned have been delaying the settlement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the group was reneging on understandings that had already been reached a few attainable ceasefire.

The most recent statements mark a notable change of tone on each side following optimistic alerts.

The Israeli army launched air strikes and a floor offensive within the Gaza Strip in response to final yr’s Hamas assault. About 1,200 folks have been killed within the assault and one other 251 taken again to Gaza as hostages.

Greater than 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive, Gaza’s well being ministry says. Nearly two million folks – 90% of the inhabitants – have been displaced, based on the UN.

Further reporting by Jaroslav Lukiv.