9 of a doctor’s 10 children are killed in Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza

CAIRO AP The bodies of people killed by Israeli strikes have been brought to hospitals in the past hours Gaza s Robustness Ministry announced Saturday a toll that doesn t include hospitals in the battered north that it declared are now inaccessible Nine of a specialist s children were among those killed in Israel s renewed military offensive colleagues and the Wellbeing Ministry commented Alaa Najjar a pediatrician at Nasser Hospital was on duty at the time and ran home to find her family s house on fire Ahmad al-Farra head of the hospital s pediatric department reported The Associated Press Najjar s husband was severely wounded and their only surviving child an -year-old son was in critical condition after Friday s strike in the southern city of Khan Younis Farra revealed The dead children ranged in age from months to years old Khalil Al-Dokran a spokesperson for Gaza s Wellbeing Ministry communicated the AP that two of the children remained under the rubble Israel s military in a message stated it struck subjects operating from a structure next to its forces and described the area of Khan Younis as a dangerous war zone It commented it had evacuated civilians from the area and the claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review Earlier on Saturday a declaration commented Israel s air force struck over targets throughout Gaza over the past day The Physical condition Ministry explained the new deaths brought the war s toll to since the Oct Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked the months of fighting The ministry stated people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed the war on March in an effort to pressure Hamas to accept different ceasefire terms Its count doesn t differentiate between civilians and combatants Israel s pressure on Hamas has included a blockade of Gaza and its over million people since early March This week the first aid trucks entered the territory and began reaching Palestinians since the blockade began COGAT the Israeli defense body overseeing aid for Gaza explained trucks had entered since Monday About trucks a day had entered during the ceasefire Warnings of famine by food shield experts and images of desperate Palestinians jostling for bowls of food at the ever-shrinking number of charity kitchens led Israel s allies to press the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow specific aid to return Netanyahu s authorities has sought a new aid delivery and distribution system by a newly established U S -backed group but the United Nations and partners have rejected it saying it allows Israel to use food as a weapon and violates humanitarian principles Israel may now be changing its approach to let aid groups remain in charge of non-food assistance according to a letter obtained by the AP Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid but the U N and aid groups deny there is important diversion Hospitals in Gaza are again reporting attacks and other Israeli pressure The Physical condition Ministry commented safeguard personnel have been trapped at the European Hospital in southern Gaza following heavy gunfire and airstrikes since at least Tuesday Dr Saleh Hams director of the nursing department revealed patients were evacuated after an Israeli strike on May Hams explained the defense staff stayed behind to protect from looting and that it was the only hospital in Gaza offering neurosurgery cardiac care and cancer rehabilitation Israel announced it will continue to strike Gaza until Hamas releases all of the remaining Israeli hostages and disarms Fewer than half of the hostages are supposed to be alive since the Oct attack in which militants killed particular people mostly civilians and abducted others Hamas has explained it will only return the remaining hostages in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from the territory Netanyahu has rejected those terms and has vowed to maintain control over Gaza and facilitate what he refers to as the voluntary emigration of much of its Palestinian population The Israeli governing body and its leader have a clear choice deal or war saving lives or abandonment Liran Berman brother of hostages Gali and Ziv Berman stated a weekly rally in Tel Aviv as families and supporters again demanded an agreement that would bring everyone home AlJoud stated from Beirut Follow AP s war coverage at https apnews com hub israel-hamas-war Source