CAIRO: Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as Hamas leaders met mediators in Cairo to discuss ways to reinvigorate a fragile six-month-old US-brokered truce.
Medics said an Israeli strike killed at least three people near the Salahudeen road in the central Gaza Strip, and another killed one person near a hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah further south.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either report.— Reuters
Violence in Gaza has persisted despite an October 2025 ceasefire, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for truce violations.
At least 800 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect, according to local medics. Israel says militant attacks have killed four of its soldiers over the same period.
On Thursday, a Hamas official told Reuters a delegation from the group arrived in Cairo two days earlier for meetings with mediators over US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan. Sources close to the talks said efforts to push Israel and Hamas into the implementation of a second phase have made little progress.
