At least 65 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Friday dawn, including 37 killed in Gaza City, reports Al Jazeera, quoting medical sources.
An Israeli air strike hit a school in Sheikh Radwan, a Gaza City neighbourhood where tens of Palestinians were seeking shelter in makeshift tents in the schoolyard. At least 12 civilians were killed in the attack, Gaza's Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Footage circulating on social media and verified by Al Jazeera shows an Israeli quadcopter hovering over a building in Sheikh Radwan as neighbours watch anxiously, before it drops an explosive on its target. The video then cuts to footage of smoke rising from the targeted building.
Another person was killed by Israeli forces in the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City, a medical source at al-Ahli Hospital told Al Jazeera.
Earlier, Israel's defence minister warned that Gaza's largest city would be destroyed unless Hamas yielded to Israel's terms for ending the war.
"The gates of hell will soon open on the heads of Hamas' murderers and rapists in Gaza – until they agree to Israel's conditions for ending the war," Israel Katz wrote in a post on X.
Katz restated Israel's ceasefire demands, which include the release of all captives and Hamas's complete disarmament. Hamas has said it would release captives in exchange for ending the war, but rejects disarmament without the creation of a Palestinian state.
In response to the latest ceasefire proposal, accepted by Hamas and brokered by Qatar and Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he had instructed officials "to begin immediate negotiations" to release remaining captives and end the war.
Yet Netanyahu also confirmed that he would authorise the military to mount a major operation to seize Gaza City, which could start within days.
While many Israelis fear an assault could doom about 20 captives deemed to be alive, Netanyahu maintains the offensive is the surest way to free captives and achieve the war objective of destroying Hamas.
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