Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has warned of ‘disastrous repercussions’ for truce talks if Israeli ‘massacres’ continue. Israeli air raids in Gaza have killed dozens of people and advancing Israeli army tanks in Gaza City have also forced residents to flee under fire, Palestinian officials said. On Tuesday, an air raid hit the tents of displaced families outside a school in the town of Abassan east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza,
killing at least 29 people, most of them women and children, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military has said it was looking into the report.
Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the Gaza Government Media Office, said dozens of others were killed in other Israeli attacks in central Gaza. At least 60 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Tuesday, he said.
Residents in the enclave said Israeli tanks that pushed into the Tal al-Hawa, Shujayea and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City shelled roads and buildings, forcing them to flee their homes.
This was followed by Israeli military orders to evacuate several districts in eastern and western Gaza City posted on social media, which included these neighbourhoods. “We hold the occupation and the US administration responsible for the horrifying massacres against civilians,” al-Thawabta said in a statement…
Source. aljazeera.com/
Saturday, April 18, 2026
