In the Gaza Strip , almost a thousand people have died in the last 48 hours, since Israel's raids resumed, breaking the truce . Hundreds are children.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 970 people were killed , including one foreign staff member working for United Nations organizations . Five UN officials were injured in the bombing of their headquarters in the central governorate of Deir al-Balah. An IDF spokesman denied the attack .
Meanwhile, this morning Hamas announced that it "has not closed the door to negotiations." This was reiterated by a leader of the movement, Taher al-Nounou, after the massive bombings on Gaza and the Israeli government's threats of escalation.
" Hamas has not closed the door to negotiations, but we insist that there is no need for new agreements ," Nounou said, contacted by telephone from Cairo. "We have no preconditions, but we demand that (Israel) be forced to immediately cease hostilities and start the second phase of negotiations" under the truce agreement that came into force on January 19, he added.
(Online Union)
