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Six Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes, say Palestinian medics as the conflict resumes

Local health workers reported that Israeli strikes in Gaza killed six Palestinians on Wednesday. The Israeli military had resumed its bombardment and ordered residents to leave combat zones.

Israel's military claimed it had hit a Hamas facility in northern Gaza where it detected preparations to fire into Israeli territory.

According to Palestinian health officials, Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed more than 400 Palestinians, marking the deadliest single day since the start of the conflict. Israel warned that the attack was only the beginning.

Israel and Hamas accuse one another of violating the ceasefire, which offered Gaza's residents a respite after

17 Months of War

The enclave has been reduced to rubble, and the majority of the population has had to be displaced multiple times.

The Israeli army sent leaflets to residents in Beit Hanoi and Khan Younis, in the northern Gaza Strip and the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. They warned them that they were living in "dangerous battle zones" and ordered them to leave their homes.

A leaflet that was dropped in Beit Hanoun stated: "Staying inside the shelters and the tent puts you and your family in danger. Evacuate immediately."

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said that on Tuesday he ordered strikes after Hamas rejected his proposals for a ceasefire extension until April.

Hamas has claimed that Israel is putting at risk the efforts of mediators who are trying to reach a permanent agreement to end the fighting. The group still holds 59 hostages out of the 250 Israel claims it captured in the cross-border attack on October 7, 2023.

Kaja Kallas, the European Union's chief of foreign policy, said that on Wednesday she had told Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar about Gaza's "unacceptable" situation.

"Yesterday, I also spoke to Foreign Minister Saar...what's happening, why do you do this?" She told reporters in Brussels that she also meant to convey the message that it is unacceptable.

ARAB PLAN IS IN JEOPARDY

Annalena Bärbock, the German foreign minister, called on all parties to show restraint ahead of her visit to Lebanon to discuss conflict.

Baerbock stated in a press release that "the resumption" of fighting, "undermines the positive efforts made by the Arab countries, who together seek to create a path of peace for Gaza, one free of Hamas."

Israel and Western powers don't want Hamas, the militant Palestinian group in Gaza to have any influence after the war. Israel has promised to crush Hamas but the Palestinian militant organization remains the dominant force within Gaza.

Arab nations

Planned a strategy

After a proposal by U.S. president Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians in Gaza and transform it into "the"

Riviera"

Outrage was sparked in the Middle East. The plan hasn't gained much traction.

Gaza's health officials reported that in Wednesday's violence three people were killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. Another airstrike in Beit Haun, in the north, left two men dead while six others were injured.

According to the health authorities, Palestinian medics reported that Israeli tank shelling along the Salahdeen Road killed one Palestinian, and injured others. This brings the total death toll since the start of the new Israeli campaign to 416.

Israeli naval vessels attacked several boats that Israel claimed were intended to commit "terrorist acts" by Hamas or Islamic Jihad militants. Palestinians claim that an Israeli drone set several fishing boats ablaze on the shores of Gaza City.

Hamas officials stated that they were still keen to complete the three-phase ceasefire agreement as signed.

According to Israeli statistics, Hamas-led gunmen invaded Israel on October 7, 20,23. They killed 1,200 people, and took 250 hostages. Palestinian health officials claim that the Israeli offensive in Gaza, which followed, has resulted in nearly 49 000 deaths. Nidal al Mughrabi reports from Cairo. Additional reporting from Jana Choukeir, Lili Bayer, and Rachel More, in Berlin, Brussels, and Dubai; writing by Michael Georgy, and editing by Andrew Heavens; Bernadette, Bernadette, and Sharon Singleton.

(source: Reuters)