Dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed in the latest Israeli strikes, the territory\u2019s health ministry said on Saturday, after Israel\u2019s spy chief joined talks in Paris seeking to unblock negotiations on a truce. The talks come after a plan for a post-war Gaza unveiled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew criticism from key ally the United States, and was rejected by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The talks also come alongside deepening fears for Gaza\u2019s civilians desperate for food. The United Nations\u2019 main aid body for Palestinians, UNRWA, said Gazans were \u201cin extreme peril while the world watches\u201d. Hamas said on Saturday that Israeli forces had launched more than 70 strikes on civilian homes in Gazan cities, including Deir al-Balah, Khan Yunis and Rafah over the previous 24 hours. The health min\u00adistry said at least 92 people were killed. Israel\u2019s military said it was \u201cintensifying the operations\u201d in western Khan Yunis using tanks, close-range fire and aircraft. \u201cThe soldiers raided the residence of a senior military intelligence operative\u201d in the area and destroyed a tunnel shaft, a military statement said. Hamas, the Palestinian movement that has ruled Gaza since 2007, said fighting was raging in the northern Gaza district of Zeitun. In nearby Jabalia refugee camp, tempers are rising and on Friday dozens of people held an impromptu protest. \u201cWe didn\u2019t die from air strikes but we are dying from hunger,\u201d said a sign held by one child. In the camp, bedraggled children waited expectantly, holding plastic containers and battered cooking pots for what little food is available. Residents have taken to eating scavenged scraps of rotten corn, animal fodder unfit for human consumption and even leaves. Gaza\u2019s health ministry said a two-month-old baby identified as Mahmud Fatuh had died of \u201cmalnutrition\u201d. \u201cThe risk of famine is projected to increase as long as the government of Israel continues to impede the entry of aid into Gaza,\u201d as well as access to water, health and other services, the charity Save the Children said. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a report on Friday that in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, people are reportedly stopping aid trucks to take food, a measure of their desperation. Israel\u2019s offensive since October 7 has killed at least 29,606 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest tally released on Saturday by Gaza\u2019s health ministry. With war still raging after more than four months, Netanyahu on Thursday unveiled a plan for post-war Gaza that says that, even after the conflict, Israel\u2019s army would have \u201cindefinite freedom\u201d to operate throughout Gaza to prevent any resurgence of terror activity, according to the proposals. A senior Hamas official, Osama Hamdan, said Netanyahu \u201cis presenting ideas which he knows fully well will never succeed\u201d. The plan also drew criticism from the United States. \u201cThe Palestinian people should have a voice and a vote… through a revitalised Palestinian Authority,\u201d which currently has partial administrative control in the West Bank, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. An Israeli delegation led by Mossad intelligence agency chief David Barnea travelled to Paris for a fresh push towards a deal to return the remaining hostages. The United States, Egypt and Qatar have all been deeply involved in past negotiations aimed at securing a truce and prisoner-hostage exchanges. White House envoy Brett McGurk held talks this week with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv, after speaking to other mediators in Cairo who had met Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh. A Hamas source said the new plan proposes a six-week pause in the conflict and the release of between 200 and 300 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 35 to 40 hostages being held by Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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