MONITORING (SW) – At least seven Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, medics tell Reuters.
In Beit Hanoun town in northern Gaza Strip, where the Israeli forces have operated since October, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed and wounded several people. Rescue workers said several people were trapped under the rubble of a house.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the two attacks reported by Palestinian medics.
Israeli forces have been operating in Beit Hanoun, the nearby town of Beit Lahiya and the Jabalia refugee camp since Oct 5, saying they are fighting Hamas gunmen waging attacks from those areas and preventing them from regrouping.
Meanwhile, Qatar expects to decide in the next few days whether to ask senior US, Israeli and Egyptian intelligence figures to travel to Doha to negotiate the final stages of a Gaza ceasefire deal.
The Gulf state was asked by Donald Trump’s transition team to re-engage with the mediation after discussions with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyau, led to a belief that a deal that had been stalled for months was within reach, reported Guardian.
Separately Egypt has held talks with Hamas leaders and discussed an exchange of Palestinian political prisoners and Israeli hostages, including some US-Israeli dual citizens.
Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari, said it would make a decision on inviting senior negotiators to Doha this week after assessing whether “we have something robust”.
