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Fresh Israel strikes in Gaza kill 19
Updated On: 19 August, 2024 07:05 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah | Agencies
Blinken heads to region to try to help close cease-fire deal
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Mourners carry the bodies of two Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike in Jenin. Pic/AFP
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region on Sunday to try to seal a cease-fire deal after months of contentious negotiations.
The US and fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar said they were closing in on a deal after two days of talks in Doha, with American and Israeli officials expressing cautious optimism. But Hamas has signaled resistance. The latest Israeli bombardment included a strike early Sunday on a home in the central town of Deir al-Balah that killed a woman and her six children, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. An Associated Press reporter at the hospital counted the bodies.
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