Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza with ceasefire talks set to resume
Al Jazeera
As an Israeli delegation heads to Doha for talks, Israeli forces kill at least 26 people in attacks across Gaza.
At least 35 Palestinians have been killed in multiple Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, as high-level negotiators prepare to resume stalled ceasefire talks.
Israeli forces killed at least 19 people in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said Friday was shaping up to be “another bloody day”, following a 24-hour period in which at least 71 Palestinians were killed in 34 Israeli air attacks, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
Abu Azzoum said gunfire in Deir el-Balah suggested a “potential military advance by Israeli ground forces” in response to a Hamas attack on an Israeli tank in the area.
Israeli fighter jets destroyed buildings in the centre of the Strip, killing journalist Omar al-Diraoui in his home in az-Zawayda – the second journalist to be killed in 24 hours.
