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Israel’s war on Gaza live: 28 killed in Israeli attack on homes

By Mersiha Gadzo and Edna Mohamed

Published On 15 Jun 202415 Jun 2024

• At least 28 killed, dozens wounded in Israeli bombing of three homes in Gaza City.
• The Qassam Brigades says Israeli army air strikes have killed two Israeli captives held by the group in the Gaza Strip.
• UNRWA must be allowed to work unhindered in Gaza, Group of Seven (G7) leaders say as their summit wraps up in Italy.
• At least 37,296 people have been killed and 85,197 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza

Bodies of nine Palestinians retrieved in Rafah: Report

Rescue teams in the Gaza Strip have retrieved the bodies of nine Palestinians from different areas in Rafah, WAFA news agency reported, quoting medical sources at the European Hospital in Khan Younis.

The bodies, WAFA reported, were retrieved from the rubble of houses bombarded in Israeli attacks.

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  Erdogan says US ceasefire deal a ‘test of sincerity’

  Turkey’s President Erdogan says his US counterpart Biden is undergoing “a test of sincerity” for his handling of the war on Gaza.

  On his way back from the G7 summit in Italy, Erdogan told reporters that Biden is expected to show how the ceasefire plan is not a calculated electoral tactic but a sincere effort.

  During the summit, Biden was asked if he was confident there would be a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel soon, to which he responded with a “no”.

  “I haven’t lost hope, but it’s going to be tough. Hamas has … to move,” he told reporters.

  

  Officials pose for a group photo the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, Friday [Andrew Medichini/AP Photo]
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  Nearly 500 medical personnel killed in Gaza: PRCS

  The Palestine Red Crescent Society says 498 medical personnel have been killed since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in October.
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  Lack of water making near-famine conditions across Gaza worse

  Israeli forces have destroyed nearly all the water wells in northern Gaza. The lack of water is making the near-famine conditions across Gaza worse as Palestinians struggle to access clean drinking water.

  Footage shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows a stampede and crowding among the displaced people at UNRWA schools trying to get drinking water on a daily basis.

  “See how people suffer from lack of water and the spread of sewage, shelter and other challenges, including lack of food and aid,” one of the displaced people said.

  “I came for several days trying to get water but wasn’t successful,” said an elderly woman. “We were displaced from Beit Hanoon after we lost our homes and now in Jabalia camp, we beg for water.”

  One woman said that “the Israelis destroyed not only our homes but water wells too … we cannot feed our children and now we cannot find a drop of clean water”.

  “This is not life. Even animals have a better life compared to us. We are butchered, if not by the Israeli bombardment, by starvation and lack of water,” she added.

  In addition to wells, Israeli strikes and incursions destroyed desalination units and its troops are blocking fuel. Some Palestinians have resorted to drinking seawater.

  

  Displaced Palestinians carry water containers in Jabalia refugee camp [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

  

  A displaced Palestinian woman bathes her son as Gazan families struggle with water pollution and scarcity [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]