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10.59 GMT
At least
70 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes amid ceasefire deal delay
Israel airstrikes killed at least 70 more people in Gaza
overnight and during Thursday, Reuters reports residents and authorities in the
territory said, hours after a prospective ceasefire and hostage release deal
was announced to bring an end to 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas
which has devastated the Gaza Strip and triggered a humanitarian crisis.
The deal is yet to be formally agreed, with Israel’s
security cabinet delaying a planned Thursday morning meeting. Prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said “Hamas reneges on parts of the agreement
reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last minute
concessions. The Israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify
Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement.”
Hamas has said it is committed to the ceasefire agreement
announced by mediators on Wednesday, with Reuters citing senior group official
Izzat el-Reshiq making the comment on Thursday morning.
Protests were staged on Thursday morning in Jerusalem
opposing the deal, with the families of Israeli soldiers killed during the
conflict placing mock coffins draped in Israeli flags in the street.
With 98 Israeli hostages remaining in Gaza, phase one of the
deal entails the release of 33 of them, including all women, children and men
over 50.
An earlier report by Israel’s military of a falling
projectile at a kibbutz close to the border with the Gaza Strip was later
determined to be a false identification.
It has not been possible for journalists to independently
verify the casualty figures being issued during the conflict.
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