ISRAEL (AP) – Israeli protesters on Tuesday pushed for a ceasefire to tighten their tires, cut off the highway and release hostages in Gaza, as Israeli leaders proceeded with plans. attack They claim it is necessary to crush Hamas.
The confusion was caused by the Palestinians of Gaza. The attack has been expanded Against the background of evacuation, destruction, and part of the territory famine. I came the next day too A fatal strike Twenty people have died against a major hospital in Gaza, including Medic. journalist, among them Mariam Daga, a journalist who worked for the Associated Press..
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a security cabinet meeting later Tuesday, but it is unclear whether or not they will discuss ceasefire efforts. He said Israel would do so. Launch an expanded attack in Gaza city At the same time, Israel is pursuing a ceasefire, but it has not yet sent a negotiation team to discuss table proposals. Netanyahu says the attack is the best way to weaken Hamas and return hostages, but the hostage families and their supporters pushed them back.
“Go back to the negotiation table. There’s quite a bit of it at the table. That’s something we can work with,” said Ruby Chen, the father of 21-year-old Itaichen, a double Israeli-American citizen held in Gaza. “We managed to get the deal back to get all the hostages back.”
Hamas won 251 hostages on October 7, 2023. The majority were released during the ceasefire. Israel rescued eight hostages alive. Fifty hostages remain in Gaza, of which around 20 are believed to be still alive by Israel.
Responding to a call from Israeli hostages, protesters who lost the Family Forum for “National Struggle Day” waved banners that read “Hostage Tax.” The hostage parents said they hope that stable pressure will push Netanyahu and his security cabinet to commit to the ceasefire talks. However, far-right members of his coalition threatened repeatedly that if Israel agreed to a ceasefire and rejected the protester’s demands, they had repeatedly threatened them.
“We could have ended the war a year ago and brought all the hostages and soldiers home. We could have saved the hostages and soldiers, but the Prime Minister has chosen to sacrifice civilians for his control over many times.”
Hospital double tap followed by strike
The call for a ceasefire came the next day Israel has hit major hospitals in southern Gaza. At least kill it Five journalists And 15 others Daga, A few days ago, they had covered a doctor treating a child for hunger in the same facility.
The strike sparked shock and rage among the press freedom defenders who mourned the deadly in the midst of the war against both journalists and hospitals. Monday Funeral.
It was quickly condemned around the world. Netanyahu called it a “tragic accident” and said the military would investigate.
Most of the murdered people rushed to the scene of the first explosion, but were hit by a second strike. It was an attack filmed on television by several networks.
A strike in South Gaza came as Israel prepares to expand its attacks into densely populated regions of northern Gaza. Israeli military forces are able to help people in hospital people, evacuation camps and neighbors in Gaza city to evacuate south into the so-called safety zone, destroying Hamas on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and preventing attacks that sparked war.
The day after the strike, the Israeli strike killed at least 16 Palestinians on Tuesday, the hospital said.
Officials at Nasser Hospital, Sifa Hospital and Sheikradwan Clinic in Gaza City reported that among the 16 people there were family members, women and children.
Gaza’s health ministry said Tuesday that three more adults died from malnutrition and starvation-related causes, bringing malnutrition-related deaths to 186 since they began counting deaths among the age category in late June. The toll includes 117 children since the start of the war.
Israeli military attacks killed 62,819 people, according to Gaza’s health ministry. This doesn’t say how many fighter jets and civilians there were, but about half were women and children. The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government and is staffed by medical professionals. The United Nations and independent experts consider it the most reliable source of information on victims of war. Israel disputes the figures, but does not provide its own.
Israeli forces raided downtown Ramala
The Israeli military vehicle route entered downtown Ramallah on Tuesday afternoon in a rare daytime raid in the largest Palestinian city on the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces confirmed the ongoing operation in the city, but did not provide information regarding the purpose of the attack.
The Palestinian red crescent said 19 people were injured during the attack, including live and injuries such as rubber bullets, tear gas inhalation and rap shotguns. Israeli armored vehicles entered a busy downtown intersection in the city and stopped traffic. Dozens of people tried to throw rocks at military vehicles.
The war in Gaza sparked a surge in violence in the West Bank, with Israeli forces carrying out massive operations targeting extremists who killed hundreds of Palestinians. Displaced to tens of thousands. It coincides with an increase in settler violence and Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
Over 1,000 attacks by Israeli settlers throughout 2025 killed 11 Palestinians and injured around 700 people, according to the United Nations Office for the UN Humanitarian Agreement.
However, daylighting operations in downtown Ramallah are a rare occurrence.
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The Mets reported from Jerusalem and Magdi in Cairo. Reported by Associated Press journalist Imad Isseid of Ramallah and Melanie Lidman of Jerusalem, West Bank.
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