The plight of Gaza's residents is 'unbearable' as Israel kills more than 50 a day | Israel-Palestine Conflicts News

UN chief Antonio Guterres says the levels of death and injury in northern Gaza are 'shocking' and calls the plight of the Palestinian people 'unbearable'.

Israel's offensive has killed more than 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in less than a day, most of them in the north of the enclave which has already been attacked again by Israel three weeks ago, leading the UN chief. calling the plight of its citizens “unbearable”.

At least 11 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured after a school in northern Gaza was struck on Sunday.

Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said the school is in the middle of the Shati refugee camp, the most populated camp in northern Gaza.

“The Israeli strike killed at least 8 Palestinians, including three journalists and an 8-year-old girl named Zayn al-Ghoul, who was waiting in line to get biscuits at school,” he said, adding that the death toll could rise. go up as the number of casualties was high.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the report about the strike at the school. The army added that it had killed more than 40 Hamas fighters in the Jabalia area in the past 24 hours, as well as destroyed infrastructure and found a large amount of military equipment.

Hamas has not yet commented on the Jabalia strikes.

Israeli military strikes in the towns of Jabalia, Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza have so far killed around 800 people in the three-week offensive, the Gaza Health Ministry said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked by the appalling levels of death, injury and destruction” in northern Gaza.

“The plight of Palestinian citizens trapped in Northern Gaza is unbearable,” Guterres' spokesman said.

As the death toll from Israel's reprisal campaign in Gaza approaches 43,000 since the war began on October 7, with the enclave in ruins, fresh talks to end the war have begun in Doha.

On Sunday, directors of the CIA and Israel's Mossad intelligence agency traveled to Qatar to meet with Qatar's prime minister to discuss a ceasefire. Egyptian officials also participated in the talks.

Separately, Egyptian President Adel Fattah el-Sisi proposed a two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange Israeli hostages and some Palestinian prisoners.

Meanwhile, in Lebanon on Sunday, the Israeli army continued its airstrikes in the capital Beirut south of the city after warning residents of many areas to leave their homes.

Israeli forces are also targeting southern Lebanon. At least eight people were killed and 25 injured in an Israeli airstrike in the coastal city of Sidon in southern Lebanon. Lebanese officials say at least 21 people were attacked by Israel in southern Lebanon.

In retaliation, Hezbollah has been launching attacks across the border into northern Israel.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in London but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. Washington provides weapons and communications cover to Israel, which has been condemned for violating the laws of war.