Israel’s overnight strikes kill at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Israeli forces have intensified their assault on Gaza, with mounting casualties, the majority being women and children.

Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that two people were killed and several others injured when Israeli air strikes targeted the Al-Ubaid family home near the Ain Jalut Towers, south of Al-Nuseirat in central Gaza.

In another incident, four people were killed after Israeli aircraft struck the Sahweil family home on Hamid Street in Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City.

Additionally, several civilians sustained injuries when air strikes hit a displaced persons’ tent belonging to the Ismail family near the entrance to Al-Maghazi in central Gaza.

Meanwhile, WAFA news agency reported that four Palestinians, including children, were killed and 13 others injured in an Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati demanded a clear timetable for completing Israel’s withdrawal from south Lebanon before a 60-day deadline expires, emphasising that any talk of Israel extending the ceasefire period is “categorically unacceptable”.

Mikati’s remarks came during his meeting with US envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency.

Mikati warned that “continued violations and talk of extending Israel’s presence under the cease-fire are entirely unacceptable”.

“We place these developments before the nations that brokered the agreement and the committee tasked with overseeing its implementation,” the agency quoted him as saying.

Protest held outside EU parliament for release of Palestinian doctor held by Israel

Protesters gathered in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels to demand the release of prominent Palestinian doctor and human rights activist Dr Hussam Abu Safiya by Israel.

The demonstrators, mostly health workers, also chanted slogans condemning Israel’s genocide in Palestine’s Gaza and attacks on health facilities and workers, with some of them carrying Palestinian flags and banners.

Israel’s state comptroller accuses army of hindering October 7 probe

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman accused the military of engaging in “dangerous” actions that are undermining investigations into the October 7, 2023 attack, potentially “hindering the discovery of the truth”.

Englman made the accusation in a strongly worded letter to Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.

Israel kills 4 Palestinians in its strike in central Gaza

The Israeli military has killed four Palestinians, including children, and wounded 13 others in its strike on Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, WAFA news agency reported.

SOURCE: TRTWorld and agencies