Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit
The Hindu
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 20 as Trump ends Middle East visit, hopes for ceasefire fade.
Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Friday (May 16, 2025) morning, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit.
An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, where they were brought. Survivors said many people were still under the rubble.
The widespread attacks across northern Gaza come as Mr. Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel.
There had been widespread hope that Mr. Trump’s regional visit could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes.
The strikes lasted hours into Friday (May 16, 2025) morning sending people fleeing from the Jabaliya refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahiya and followed days of similar attacks that killed more than 130 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed earlier in the week to push ahead with a promised escalation of force in Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip to pursue his aim of destroying the Hamas militant group, which governs Gaza.
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