Israel kills more than 100 people in Gaza in airstrikes ahead of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting.
More than 100 people were killed and 350 injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a day before the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington.
Damage caused by an Israeli attack on a clinic converted into a shelter in Gaza. Photo: AFP
In total, 104 new deaths were recorded, and the body of one Palestinian was recovered from under the rubble, according to the hospital tally published daily by the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Since the Israeli offensive against Gaza began following Hamas attacks , at least 57,523 Gazans have been killed in attacks alone and more than 136,000 have been wounded in the enclave , according to the ministry's tally, which does not include deaths from disease or dozens more from starvation.
An Israeli army bombing of the Al Rimal clinic in central Gaza City killed six people, including a child, early this morning , the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported.
The clinic and its surroundings were being used by displaced people (a situation affecting 90% of the population of some 2.1 million) and another 15 people were injured in the attack.
Journalist Anas al-Sharif, meanwhile, identified the dead child on social media as five-month-old Yahya al-Siyam, who he said had been forcibly displaced with his family from the east of the capital.
The Israeli offensive, combined with the blockade of humanitarian aid, has left thousands dead in Gaza. Photo: AFP
According to medical sources, among the hundreds of dead in Gaza, at least 11 were killed while awaiting the distribution of humanitarian aid on Sunday.
The highest death toll was in Gaza City, with at least 56 fatalities, including 30 in the bombing of two homes housing displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the northwest of the city, Wafa reported.
According to Gazan sources, Israeli bombing of the enclave has become more intense and arbitrary in recent days, despite US President Donald Trump's declarations of an imminent ceasefire.
Donald Trump welcomes Banejamin Netanyahu to the White House on Monday. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Netanyahu landed in Washington on Monday, where he will hold meetings with Trump and other senior US officials, while negotiating delegations from Israel and Hamas are in Doha to discuss the latest ceasefire proposal with mediators.
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