Egypt proposes two-day cease-fire in Gaza – DW – 10/27/2024

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza on Sunday have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, the Associated Press news agency reported, citing Palestinian officials.

This comes as the Israelioperations in the hard-hit and isolated area continue.

The Reuters news agency said a strike on the Jabaliya refugee camp killed 20, citing the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.

Nine more people were killed in another strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Shati camp in Gaza City, medics told Reuters.

Speaking about the situation in northern Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction.” 

Guterres emphasized his call for an “immediate cease-fire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, and accountability for crimes under international law.”

“The plight of Palestinian civilians trapped in North Gaza is unbearable,” said the secretary-general’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, who added that repeated efforts to deliver essential supplies “continue to be denied by the Israeli authorities, with few exceptions, putting countless lives in peril.”

Israeli forces say they are operating in northern Gaza to prevent Hamas militants from regrouping.

The latest offensive has led some observers to accuse Israeil of implementing a “surrender or starve” plan to push Hamas out of northern Gaza.