New Israeli campaign against Hamas in central Gaza complicates expected talks on finalising a ceasefire deal
Palestinian civilians flee from the east of al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip due to Israel i bombardment on the city on June 5th, 2024. Photograph: BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty ImagesAt least 44 Palestinians have been killed in Israel i military strikes in central Gaza Strip areas since Tuesday, health officials in the enclave said.
But a spokesman for Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, reiterated on Tuesday it could not agree to any deal unless Israel makes a"clear" commitment to a permanent truce and complete withdrawal from Gaza. Israel says it cannot do that until Hamas is wiped out. The new Israeli military campaign in central Gaza forced some families to leave their homes in Al-Maghazi and Al-Burej and head towards Deir Al-Balah, which is already sheltering hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by violence elsewhere.
The small city fringing Gaza's southern border with Egypt had been sheltering about one million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults in other parts of the enclave, but most have fled again in the face of Israel's tank-led advance.
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