Hamas Health Ministry said Thursday that new strikes left 81 people dead there overnight. Meeting in Cairo, the United States, Qatar and Egypt hope to reach, without success so far, an agreement on a pause in the fighting before Ramadan.
Triggered by an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement against Israel on October 7, the war has caused a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. 2.2 of the 2.4 million inhabitants are threatened with famine according to the UN. Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, which has been in power in Gaza since 2007.