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December 18, 2024

Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens of Palestinians Amid Signs of Breakthrough in Gaza Ceasefire Talks
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Health officials in Gaza say Israeli attacks have killed at least 38
Palestinians and wounded more than 200 over the past 24-hour reporting
period. Among the latest deaths were 10 Palestinians killed in an
Israeli missile attack on the Shati refugee camp and two women killed
when Israel shelled a home east of Khan Younis. In northern Gaza,
doctors were forced to close the intensive care unit at the besieged
Kamal Adwan Hospital after an Israeli attack triggered a large fire. The
U.N.'s humanitarian office warns U.N.-led missions to supply northern
Gaza continue to be overwhelmingly denied, with Israeli forces turning
back three humanitarian aid convoys carrying food and water on Tuesday
alone.

Meanwhile, a senior Palestinian official involved in indirect
negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza said talks were in a "decisive and
final phase." News of a possible truce was welcomed by Gaza residents
who've survived more than 15 months of Israel's assault. 

Yasser Oweida: "Let them stop the war so we can live in peace and they
can open the border crossing for us to bring in food and everything we
need - flour, diapers and baby formula. Let them bring in everything for
us."



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