There are many children among the approximately 50 victims of the Israeli army's night raids on the Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian sources cited by local media, many injuries must be added to the toll of the "bloody night". In the southern city of Rafah at least 27 people died in two separate attacks on residential buildings, as reported by the Wafa news agency, while another 18 people lost their lives in a bombing in the Al Zawaida area and seven in the Al Zaytoun neighborhood .
But the numbers are growing unabated, with 3 people (including a 6-year-old boy) killed in another raid in the northern part of the Strip. And according to Wafa, the death toll is set to increase. Among the rubble there were many people still trapped in the rubble. But – after 24 days of fire and pain – the conflict does not seem to be coming to an end. For Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, in fact, "Now is war time: Israel will not stop the attacks, the hostages must be released unconditionally."
Hamas, on the other hand, says it is ready to conclude an agreement on the exchange of prisoners with Israel. The spokesman for the Palestinian Islamist group Hazem Kasem told Al Jazeera. The release should take place in exchange for all people detained by Israel. The militia spokesman also noted that Hamas hopes to "face the current battle, counting on its own forces and the resistance capacity of the Palestinian people."
(Unioneonline/vf)
