Israel votes on Gaza cease-fire agreement suspended

Israeli airstrikes continued after the deal was announced on Wednesday. At least 12 people were killed in Gaza City, where doctors told BBC staff they “didn’t rest for a minute” during the “bloody night”.

Attacks have been carried out on 50 targets in Gaza since the announcement of the agreement, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency said in a statement.

Qatar’s prime minister – who is mediating the talks – called for “calm” on both sides ahead of the start of the first six-week phase of the ceasefire agreement.

Israel launched a campaign to destroy Hamas – banned as a terrorist organization by Israel, the US and others – in response to an unprecedented cross-border attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 others injured. taken hostage

More than 46,788 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the region’s Hamas-run health ministry.

Most of the 2.3 million population of Gaza has also been displaced, there is widespread destruction and there is a severe shortage of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, while aid agencies struggle to get help to those in need.

Israel says 94 of the hostages are still being held by Hamas, 34 of them are presumed dead. There were four Israelis who were kidnapped before the war, two of them died.