At least 40 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza

Israeli bombings killed 40 Palestinians on Monday. More than half of the dead were in the southern Gaza city of Rafah where bombs hit three houses. Hamas leaders went to Cairo for more talks about bringing peace.

In Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes hit two houses. At least six people were killed and many others were injured, according to health officials.

At night, Israel bombed a house in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza and three people, including a journalist, were killed. Hamas and medics reported this. Six more people died in other parts of central Gaza because of airstrikes from Israel.

Israel’s army said that two of its soldiers died in the middle of Gaza on Sunday.

The military part of the Hamas-related Islamic Jihad group shot rockets into Israel on Monday. This shows that the group can still shoot rockets even after Israel attacked them for almost seven months.

The bombings in Rafah happened just before a meeting in Egypt to talk about stopping the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Many people from Gaza have gone to Rafah to get away from the bombings.

When asked about the Rafah strikes, a spokesperson for the Israeli military said that fighter jets hit places where terrorists were in a civilian area in southern Gaza, but did not give more information.

“The IDF will keep stopping terrorist activities and keeping Israeli people safe by following the rules of international law,” the spokesperson said.

Families of those who died in Israeli attacks came to a hospital in Rafah to take the bodies home for burial. Women and men were sad as they said goodbye to their dead relatives who were wrapped in white and black coverings.

The strikes are causing the death of a young baby boy.

His name is Deif-Allah, which means “guest” in Arabic, and he truly was a guest. Abu Taha said, “Our baby boy finally came to visit us after 10 years. We missed him so much. ” Abu Taha held his baby boy’s body, which was wrapped in a white shroud.

Ten people died. This includes a mother, her daughter, her granddaughters, her grandson, her son-in-law, their daughters, and other relatives. “They’ve all left, all 10 of them. ”

On Monday, at a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, said that Egypt is hopeful about a plan for a cease-fire and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip. But Egypt is still waiting for a response from Israel and Hamas about the plan.

“We hope that the proposal has considered the views of both sides and has tried to find a compromise. We are waiting for a final decision,” Shoukry said.

A Palestinian official involved in negotiations said to Reuters that things are looking better this time, but he didn’t say if a deal is about to happen.

Israel promised to destroy Hamas, which is in charge of Gaza. The military attack has killed 34,488 people and injured 77,643 in Gaza, according to health officials.

The war has made almost all of the 2. 3 million people leave their homes and destroyed much of the area.

The fighting started when Hamas fighters attacked Israel on October 7th. They killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages, according to Israel.