'We have no strength left', says Gazan whose nephew was killed in an Israeli strike

Record ID: 1987059

  • Title: 'We have no strength left', says Gazan whose nephew was killed in an Israeli strike
  • Date: 31st March 2025
  • Summary: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 31, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOURNERS GATHERING AROUND BODIES WRAPPED IN BODY BAGS LYING ON THE GROUND WOMAN MOURNING GAZAN CARRYING BODY OF HIS NEPHEW, CRYING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN WHOSE NEPHEW WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE, (NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "He was wearing Eid (al-Fitr)'s clothes. I greeted him, he was happy, he rejoiced. But th
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  • Keywords: FUNERALS GAZA ISRAEL KHAN YOUNIS PALESTINIANS
  • Location: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
  • City: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
  • Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001300031032025RP1
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  • Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES.
    Mourners gathered on Monday (March 31) at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, bidding farewell to Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes.
    Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said "intense operations" were planned in the south of the enclave.
    The latest proposals would leave open a final agreement over ending the Israel-Hamas war that has destroyed wide swathes of Gaza, killed tens of thousands of people and displaced almost the entire population since it began in October 2023.
    But the proposals foresee the return of half the 24 hostages still believed to be alive in Gaza nearly 18 months after they were seized by Hamas-led gunmen - and about half the 35 assumed to be dead - during a truce lasting between 40 and 50 days, said the Israeli officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
    The Israeli military, which has cut off aid to Gaza, resumed operations on March 18 after a two-month truce, during which 33 Israeli hostages and five Thais were released in exchange for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
    Efforts to move to a second phase in the ceasefire agreement signed with U.S. backing in January have largely stalled, with no sign of movement to overcome fundamental differences between the two sides over the postwar future.
    Israel launched its campaign in Gaza following an attack by Hamas-led gunmen on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023 in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken as hostages into Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
    The military campaign has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health authorities.
    (Production: Hatem Khaled, Bassam Masoud, Joelle Kozaily)
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