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Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza City – reports

Israel-Gaza reports – Palestinian journalist killed in overnight airstrikes in Gaza City 

There have been reports that a Palestinian journalist was among those killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes. 

Palestinian journalist Yusef Abu Hussein died when warplanes bombed a house near the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in northern Gaza City, Palestinian news agency Wafa says.

Wafa adds three others were killed in a strike on a house. 

The BBC was told by local sources that two militants were killed when warplanes targeted an apartment in Gaza City.

Doctors also told the source a woman suffered a heart attack and died when a neighbour’s home was hit. 

The Israeli military says it bombed part of a Hamas tunnel network.

Gaza’s health ministry says 219 people, including 63 children, have been killed there since the hostilities began on 10 May. The Israeli military says it has killed more than 160 militants.

Israel-Gaza: Netanyahu ‘not standing with stopwatch’

Israel-Gaza: ‘Won’t rule anything out’ – Netanyahu 

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu briefed foreign journalists on the efforts to end the fighting.

“We’re not standing with a stopwatch,” he said. “We are taking care of the operation’s objectives.”

He said Israel was fighting to restore quiet and to maximise the amount of time that any truce with Hamas would last.

“There are only two ways that you can deal with them. You can either conquer them – and that’s always an open possibility – or you can deter them,” Netanyahu said.

“We are engaged right now in forceful deterrence, but I have to say we don’t rule out anything.”

Israel assessing truce conditions – military source

Israel- Palestine: Israel assessing truce conditions, hoping Hamas ‘understands the message’  

An Israeli military source has told AFP news agency that Israel is assessing whether conditions are right to halt its air campaign – but is preparing for “more days” of strikes if necessary. 

“We are looking at when is the right moment for a ceasefire,” said the source.

The source added Israel was evaluating whether they have achieved their objective if downgrading the fighting capacity of Hamas. 

“The question is whether Hamas understands the message” that its rocket barrages towards Israel cannot recur, said the source.

Israel’s barrage of air strikes Gaza resume, toppling buildings

Dozens of air strikes Gaza pounded the city on Tuesday as US President Joe Biden expressed support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He essentially strategised with Benjamin Netanyahu as to how long the US should keep blocking any UN intervention.

A new front in the conflict opened as the Israeli military said it also shelled Lebanon in response to six failed rocket launches from southern areas in the neighbouring country.

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