Israeli military attacks have killed at least 14 people in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health of Gaza, as international negotiators participate in conversations to reinforce the fragile high the fire between Hamas and Israel.
The Ministry issued a statement on Sunday that reports the deaths and said that another 51 were taken to the hospital with injuries. Another fifteen bodies that were previously deceased were recovered, the ministry added.
Israel’s defense forces said in a statement on Saturday that had identified two Hamas agents “operating a drone that represented a threat to the IDF troops” and saw others collecting equipment that operates with drones.
Israel’s army launched six names allegedly belonging to the group he pointed out.
Hamas denied the accusations in a statement from the Office of Government Media in Gaza and said that the names published by Israel were inaccurate. According to the statement, one of the people identified by the IDF is alive, while others had no part in the team allegedly attacked by Israel.
NBC News communicated with the FDI to comment on the alleged inaccuracies identified by Hamas.
Israel and Hamas agreed to stop the fire in January, but the temporary pause in hostilities has been undermined by mutual accusations of violations. Hamas has delayed the release of hostages at different times, while Israeli attacks have continued sporadically in Gaza.
On Friday, Hamas agreed to free Edan Alexander, the last American citizen who was hostage in Gaza. Four children were killed in a strike of unmanned Israeli planes the same day.
The first phase of Alto El Fuego expired earlier this month and the second phase is designed for the release of male hostages. This stage of the agreement is intended to initiate conversations for a long -term end of the war.
The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli leader sent negotiators to Egypt to meet with “senior Egyptian officials to discuss the issue of hostages.” Hamas said previously that he was ready for the next round of conversations.
Netanyahu met on Saturday with the negotiation team and the ministers to discuss a proposal by Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of the United States to the Middle East, which would see the release of the 11 hostages live in Gaza and the recovery of half of the hostages that were killed.
