Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill over 30 as truce talks stall

Gaza’s civilian defence bureau said Israeli aerial strikes connected Sunday (July 13, 2025) killed much than 30 Palestinians, including children astatine a h2o organisation point, arsenic talks for a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas stalled.

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Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group person present spent a week trying to hold connected a impermanent truce to halt 21 months of bitter warring successful the Gaza Strip.

But connected Saturday (July 12, 2025), each broadside accused the different of blocking attempts to unafraid an statement astatine the indirect talks successful the Qatari capital, Doha.

There has meantime been nary let-up successful Israeli strikes connected Gaza, wherever astir of the colonisation of much than 2 cardinal person been displaced astatine slightest erstwhile during the war.

Seven United Nations agencies connected Saturday (July 12, 2025) warned that a substance shortage had reached “critical levels”, threatening assistance operations, infirmary attraction and already chronic nutrient insecurity.

The civilian defence bureau said astatine slightest 31 radical were killed successful Israeli strikes overnight and into the morning. Eight radical were killed successful strikes connected houses successful Gaza City, successful the north, bureau spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said. In the Nuseirat exile campy successful cardinal Gaza, 10 radical were killed successful a onslaught connected a house, portion 10 others, including 8 children, were killed astatine a h2o organisation point, Mr. Bassal said.

“We woke up to the dependable of 2 ample explosions,” Khaled Rayyan told AFP after a location was flattened successful Nuseirat. “Our neighbour and his children were nether the rubble.”

In confederate Gaza, 3 radical were killed erstwhile Israeli jets deed a structure sheltering displaced Palestinians successful the coastal Al-Mawasi area, according to the civilian defence spokesman.

Forced displacement fears

There was nary contiguous remark from the Israeli military, which has precocious intensified its operations crossed Gaza. On Saturday (July 12, 2025), the subject said combatant jets had deed much than 35 “Hamas panic targets” astir Beit Hanun successful bluish Gaza.

Media restrictions successful Gaza and difficulties accessing galore areas mean AFP is incapable to independently verify tolls and details provided by the civilian defence bureau and different parties.

The warfare was sparked by Hamas’ October 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel that led to 1,219 deaths, astir of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based connected authoritative figures.

Out of 251 radical taken hostage that day, 49 are inactive held successful Gaza, including 27 that the Israeli subject says are dead.

Hamas-run Gaza’s wellness ministry says that astatine slightest 57,882 Palestinians, astir of them civilians, person been killed successful Israel’s subject reprisals. The UN considers the figures reliable.

Talks to hold a 60-day ceasefire successful the warring and hostage merchandise were successful the equilibrium connected Saturday (July 12, 2025) aft Israel and Hamas accused each different of trying to artifact a deal.

Hamas wants the implicit withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, but a Palestinian root with cognition of the talks said Israel had presented plans to support troops successful much than 40% of the territory.

The root said Israel wanted to unit hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into the southbound of Gaza “in mentation for forcibly displacing them to Egypt oregon different countries”.

A elder Israeli authoritative said Israel had demonstrated “a willingness to flexibility successful the negotiations, portion Hamas remains intransigent, clinging to positions that forestall the mediators from advancing an agreement”.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said helium is prepared to participate talks for a much lasting extremity to hostilities erstwhile a impermanent truce is agreed, but lone if Hamas disarms.

Thousands of radical gathered successful Israel's coastal hub of Tel Aviv connected Saturday (July 12, 2025), calling for the merchandise of the hostages.