A Palestinian boy mourns over the physique of his 12-year-old buddy, Abdullah Ahmed, who was killed in an Israeli strike that focused a consuming water distribution level, at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes within the Gaza Strip killed not less than 19 individuals on Sunday, together with six youngsters at a water assortment level, native well being officers stated, regardless of makes an attempt by mediators to carry a couple of ceasefire.
Israel and Hamas appeared no nearer to a breakthrough in talks meant to pause the 21-month conflict and free some Israeli hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington final week to debate the take care of the Trump administration, however a brand new sticking level has emerged over the deployment of Israeli troops throughout the truce, elevating questions over the feasibility of a brand new deal.
Israel needs to maintain forces in what it says is a vital land hall in southern Gaza. Hamas views the insistence on troops in that strip of land as a sign that Israel intends to proceed the conflict as soon as a short lived ceasefire expires.
Israel says it would solely finish the conflict as soon as Hamas surrenders, disarms and goes into exile, one thing it refuses to do. Hamas says it’s prepared to free all of the remaining 50 hostages, lower than half stated to be alive, in trade for an finish to the conflict and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces.
All through the conflict in Gaza, violence has additionally surged within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, the place funerals have been held Sunday for 2 Palestinians, together with Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet, 20, who was killed in an assault by Israeli settlers, in line with the Palestinian Well being Ministry.
Palestinians carry luggage of flour distributed by the World Meals Program in Gaza Metropolis, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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Kids killed at a water assortment level
In Gaza, officers at Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza stated it obtained 10 our bodies after an Israeli strike on a water assortment level in Nuseirat, additionally in central Gaza. Among the many useless have been six youngsters, the hospital stated.
Ramadan Nassar, a witness who lives within the space, advised The Related Press that round 20 youngsters and 14 adults have been lined up Sunday morning to refill water. When the strike occurred, everybody ran and a few, together with those that have been severely injured, fell to the bottom, he stated.
He stated Palestinians stroll some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) to fetch water from the realm.
Within the central city of Zawaida, an Israeli strike on a house killed 9, together with two ladies and three youngsters, officers at Al- Aqsa Martyrs Hospital stated.
The Israeli army stated it struck greater than 150 targets over the previous day, with out commenting straight on the precise strikes. Israel blames Hamas for civilian casualties as a result of the militant group operates out of populated areas.
Within the Oct. 7, 2023, assault that sparked the conflict, Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 individuals and kidnapped 251.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 57,800 Palestinians, greater than half of them ladies and youngsters, in line with Gaza’s Well being Ministry. The ministry, underneath Gaza’s Hamas-run authorities, would not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its depend. The U.N. and different worldwide organizations see its figures as essentially the most dependable statistics on conflict casualties.
A Palestinian man carries the physique of his baby, who was killed in an Israeli army airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza Metropolis, Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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Funeral held for Palestinian-American killed within the West Financial institution
Within the West Financial institution, the place violence between Israeli troops and Palestinians has been compounded by assaults on Palestinians by Israeli settlers, funerals have been held for a Palestinian-American and a Palestinian buddy of his.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry stated Musallet, a Florida native, was killed after being overwhelmed by Israeli settlers. Diana Halum, a cousin, stated the assault occurred on his household’s land. The Well being Ministry initially recognized him as Seifeddine Musalat, 23.
Musallet’s buddy, Mohammed al-Shalabi, was shot within the chest, in line with the ministry.
On Sunday, their our bodies have been carried by way of the streets of Al-Mazraa a-Sharqiya, a city south of the place they have been killed. Mourners, waving Palestinian flags, chanted “God is nice.”
In a press release Saturday, Musallet’s household stated he was “a form, hard-working, and deeply-respected younger man, working to construct his goals.” It stated he constructed a enterprise in Tampa, Florida, and that he was deeply related to his Palestinians heritage.
Musallet’s household stated it needs the U.S. State Division to research his loss of life and maintain the settlers accountable. The State Division stated it was conscious of the stories of his loss of life however had no remark out of respect for the household.
Israel’s army has stated Palestinians hurled rocks at Israelis within the space on Friday, flippantly wounding two individuals and setting off a bigger confrontation.
Palestinians and rights teams have lengthy accused the army of ignoring settler violence.
