Children die while collecting water in Gaza, doctors report

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that 139 body parts had been brought to Gazahospiters in the past 24 hours, whereby many victims were still under the ruins. This is the highest number of reported fatalities since July 2 and increases the total number of the one killed since October 7, 2023 to 58.026.

Details of the air raid

Among the victims of the Israeli air raid on Sunday were six children and four other people at a water distribution point in the central Gaza, the al-AWDA hospital reported. Videos from the chaotic scene showed several injuries, including children between buckets and water tanks. The Israeli army admitted that an air raid on an "Islamic jihad terrorist" had failed, and the "ammunition chopped tens of meters from the finish". The incident is currently being checked.

further attacks and deaths

on the same day when the high number of victims were reported, at least 12 more people died in the central Gaza when an air raid hit an overcrowded intersection, as Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of the Al-Shifa Health complex in the central city of Gaza. The dead also included a respected doctor, Ahmad Qandel, who was described by the Ministry of Health as "one of the most respected doctors Gazas".

international reactions

The International Committee from the Red Cross (IKRK) said that his field hospital near the distribution location had treated 132 patients with armed injuries. 25 people were explained dead on arrival and six more died after the admission - the highest number of deaths since the beginning of hospital operations in May 2024, according to the ICRK.

ceasefire talks stagnate

The increase in the victims in Gaza happens against the background of stagnating discussions about a new ceasefire agreement and the return of hostages in Doha, whereby hopes to quickly reach an agreement have disappeared. The US specialist Steve Witkoff confidently commented that a deal could be reached by the end of the week. On the same day, the US President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in Gaza in the White House in detail.

opinion polls in Israel

Current surveys in Israel show overwhelming support for an agreement that would end the war and bring back all hostages. A survey of Israeli television Channel 12 showed that 74 % of the public believes that Israel should end the war in Gaza in an exchange for the return of all kidnapped people in one step, while only 8 % are for the gradual deal that the government is trying to promote.

Netanyahu has emphasized that Israel has the right to come back into battle after the end of the 60-day ceasefire that lies on the table. Hamas, on the other hand, demands a path to an indefinite hiring of hostility and the complete deduction of the Israeli forces from Gaza.