Regarding the cease-fire again, Israel increased its attacks on Gaza Gaza news

At least eight people were killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza, prompting Israel to send several senior officials to negotiate a potential ceasefire.

According to the Palestinian emergency service, eight civilians, two women and two children, were killed as a result of an Israeli attack on the Zeinab al-Wazir school in the Jabaliya al-Balad area of ​​northern Gaza on Saturday.

“The Israelis targeted us without any warning,” one mother told Al Jazeera as she searched through the rubble. “They attacked us with a rocket. I don’t know where our children are. I don’t know anything about them, they were wounded or killed.”

Al-Jazeera TV reporter Moath al-Kahlut drew attention to the shortage of medical supplies under Israel’s ongoing siege in northern Gaza, calling the scenes at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, where dozens of wounded were taken, “bloody” and “terrible.” It has been in place for over 80 days.

Later on Saturday, the official Palestinian news agency “Wafa” reported that four Palestinians were killed and several others were injured as a result of attacks on various locations in Gaza, including an attack on a house in Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City.

“Wafa” informs that the Israeli fighter jets also bombed the tent where displaced families were sheltering in Deir al-Balah, located in the center of the enclave, as a result of which 3 people died.

According to reports, as a result of additional strikes, one person was killed near the Bureij refugee camp in the center of Gaza and one person was killed in Khan Younis settlement in the south.

The intensified attacks come as Egypt, Qatar and the United States make renewed efforts to reach an agreement to end fighting in Gaza and free remaining Israeli prisoners in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

‘Tough Sticking Points’

On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who visited Qatar earlier in the week.

Egyptian security sources quoted Reuters news agency as saying that Witkoff assured Egyptian and Qatari mediators that the United States would continue to work towards a fair settlement to end the war soon.

After the meeting, Netanyahu sent a high-level delegation, including the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, to Qatar to “advance” the talks, according to a statement from Netanyahu’s office.

“There are a lot of moving parts here,” said Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, reporting from the Jordanian capital, Amman.

“Donald Trump has said before he took office that he would be quite aggressive in trying to get a ceasefire … But you have to remember that there are tough sticking points on each side,” he said.

“The Israelis say they won’t end the war, and Hamas says they want to see a comprehensive ceasefire that sees the war end and the withdrawal of Israeli troops.

“And you have the Israeli public, which is demonstrating against Benjamin Netanyahu, against the Israeli government, and saying that it is neither capable of negotiating nor willing to go into this war for fifteen months.”

The families of the Israeli captives welcomed Netanyahu’s decision to send the officials, which the Hostage and Missing Families Forum Headquarters described as a “historic opportunity.”

“It is impossible to stay alive”

As mediators prepare for more truce talks, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said Palestinians under attack in Gaza are also struggling with severe food shortages, while Israel is ignoring UN demands to lift restrictions on supplies entering the Strip.

Khoudary, reporting from Deir al-Balah, said: “Every day we see children with empty containers searching the community kitchens, talking to families and saying they are able to give their children one meal a day.”

“It’s not just continuous airstrikes, it’s killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from lack of food,” he said.

Vibe Klarup, head of Amnesty Denmark, said that Israel committed “genocide”.

“When you say that Israel is committing genocide, it’s not an opinion, it’s a conclusion based on legal, thorough analysis,” he told the European Palestine Network conference in Copenhagen.

“It is increasingly impossible to survive in the Gaza Strip… Our role as a people is to stop the genocide,” he added.

At least 46,537 people have been killed in Israel’s war against Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to Palestinian health authorities.