Hamas agrees to release 10 captives as Israeli attacks kill 74 in Gaza

Hamas says it has agreed to merchandise 10 Israeli captives arsenic portion of continuing efforts to scope a ceasefire successful the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, but warned that ongoing talks for a truce were “tough” owed to Israel’s “intransigence”.

The Palestinian radical said connected Wednesday that the ceasefire talks, spearheaded by cardinal mediators Qatar and the United States and held successful the Qatari superior Doha, person respective sticking points, including the travel of desperately needed aid, withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and “genuine guarantees for a imperishable ceasefire”.

Hamas authoritative Taher al-Nunu said the radical agreed to the latest truce proposal and “offered the indispensable flexibility to support our people, halt the transgression of genocide, and let the escaped and dignified introduction and travel of assistance to our radical until we scope a implicit extremity to the war”.

He added that the areas Israeli troops should retreat to arsenic portion of the archetypal signifier of a ceasefire had to beryllium drawn up successful a mode that does not impact Palestinian lives and “paves the mode for the 2nd signifier of negotiations”.

The comments travel arsenic Israeli forces continued to lb assorted parts of the enclave, sidesplitting astatine slightest 74 radical connected Wednesday, 8 of whom died portion waiting for GHF aid.

“Unfortunately, this has go the norm: characterised by the ongoing bombardment and forced starvation and dehydration. People are getting killed trying to get food,” Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said.

The fig of Palestinians killed astatine the US- and Israeli-backed GHF sites has surpassed 770, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

“From time 1 of GHF operations there’s been an orgy of sidesplitting either by the Israeli subject oregon the documented incidental of GHF officers opening fire.”

The killings besides travel arsenic wellness officials erstwhile again plead for the introduction of much-needed substance arsenic hospitals are connected the verge of illness and patients’ lives are astatine risk.

Nasser Hospital, the main wellness installation successful confederate Gaza, issued a hopeless informing arsenic its substance supplies tally dry, saying it has entered “the important and last hours”.

“With the substance antagonistic nearing zero, doctors person entered the conflict to prevention lives successful a contention against time, death, and darkness,” the infirmary said successful a statement.

“They enactment successful operating rooms without aerial conditioning, the boiling heat, their faces are sweating, their bodies are weary of hunger and fatigue. But their eyes are inactive burning with anticipation and determination.”

Gaza’s already battered healthcare strategy has repeatedly travel nether Israeli onslaught passim the assault. Hospitals and clinics person been bombed oregon damaged, medical unit killed oregon forced to flee, and captious supplies chopped off.

‘Quake bombs’

The World Health Organization (WHO) says determination person been much than 600 attacks connected wellness facilities successful Gaza since the struggle began successful 2023.

The besieged wellness assemblage is “on its knees” with terrible shortages of substance and aesculapian supplies, and the changeless influx of wide casualties.

Just 18 of Gaza’s 36 wide hospitals are partially functioning, according to the UN agency.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, who has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful the White House, said determination is simply a “very bully chance” of a ceasefire successful Gaza this week oregon next.

Earlier, Israel’s subject main Eyal Zamir said successful a televised code that “conditions person been created” for the advancement of a woody that is acceptable to spot the merchandise of 10 captives – and the bodies of 9 others.

Despite the prospects of a imaginable ceasefire, Israel has launched a barrage of missiles targeting densely populated residential areas successful Gaza City.

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud said an estimated 20 bombs were dropped connected buildings successful the Tuffah neighbourhood.

“These were ‘quake bombs’, they shook the buildings,” helium said.

Israeli forces besides launched different large battle successful battered bluish Gaza, specifically Beit Hanoon, aft five Israeli soldiers were killed successful a astonishment Hamas onslaught connected Tuesday.

The service has successful caller days issued galore forced evacuation orders for residents of bluish Gaza, an country that has travel nether repeated crushed and aerial battle passim this deadly war.

This includes Shati exile camp, an country successful the northbound of Gaza that was struck overnight successful an onslaught that killed astatine slightest 30 people.

A local, Mohamed Jouda, recounted the attack.

“We were sitting astatine home, astir midnight. Suddenly, the location collapsed connected everyone wrong – children, adults, and aged radical successful their 70s and 80s,” Jouda told Al Jazeera arsenic helium sat connected the rubble of his destroyed home.

Another survivor, Ismail al-Bardawil, said the onslaught “felt similar an earthquake”.

“A full neighbourhood collapsed,” helium said from the densely populated campy westbound of Gaza City, wherever structures are built close adjacent to each other.

“Seven small kids died here. Over there, 10 much children. The lone big was an aged man, astir 70 years old. What was their fault?” al-Bardawil said.