Six Palestinians, including a child, were killed yesterday, Tuesday, in an airstrike on a port in the city of Gaza, according to authorities in the small enclave, who also reported more than ten people injured.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for Civil Defense, an emergency response organization under the Hamas government, told Agence France-Presse that at least six people were killed, “including a child,” while many others were wounded in an “Israeli raid on tents housing displaced people at the port (of the city) of Gaza.”
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Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported that five bodies and 13 wounded people were brought there, one of whom died shortly afterward.
The Israeli military announced that it had carried out a “precision airstrike” against “Hamas commanders” who were “planning to carry out terrorist attacks” against its personnel in the enclave, claiming that “it took measures to minimize the risk of harm to civilians.”
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In a separate statement, the Israeli military reported that it also targeted a meeting of Hamas elite unit commanders, one of whom, according to the army, had participated in the attack on October 7, 2023.
“Israeli military aircraft fired two missiles at the ‘Sweet and Bitter’ café in the fishing port in the western city of Gaza,” Mohammed Al-Ghul, an eyewitness, told Agence France-Presse at the scene.
Hamas condemned the bombing. In a statement, it emphasized that the attack reflects “Israel’s blatant disregard for all calls for a ceasefire made by mediators and guarantor countries, including President Trump’s appeal yesterday,” referring to the Republican’s remarks on Fox News.
According to Israeli media, the Israeli military has scaled back its operations in the Gaza Strip in recent days due to pressure from the U.S., and is not carrying out strikes unless its troops are under threat or to eliminate militants alleged to have participated in the October 7, 2023, attack on the southern part of the Israeli, which sparked the war in the enclave.
The bombing took place the day after a meeting in Jerusalem between U.S. envoy Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who insisted that there would be no withdrawal of the Israeli army until Hamas had been completely disarmed.
The Palestinian movement, whose leader Khalil al-Hayya met with Jared Kushner on Sunday, stressed that it remains committed to implementing the U.S. peace plan and called on the U.S. government to pressure Mr. Netanyahu to abide by it.
