Egypt Daily News – More than 250 Palestinians were killed in Gaza over the past two days due to unprecedented Israeli airstrikes targeting vast areas of the Strip. According to the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, the attacks are being carried out at an average rate of one airstrike every four minutes.
The Israeli military announced that it had attacked 150 targets, resulting in 109 deaths and 216 injuries in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip reported that 11 members of one family were killed in the airstrikes.
Many victims are still trapped under rubble and debris in the streets, with medical teams facing difficulty reaching them, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Meanwhile, there has been no progress in negotiations in Doha to reach a permanent ceasefire. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, “has given up and left Israel to make its decisions.”
The newspaper explained that the recent escalation in Gaza, which aims to prepare for a potential ground operation, also serves another goal—pressuring Hamas to accept Israeli conditions. U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his support for a ceasefire and the lifting of the blockade on Gaza, saying that people are starving, and he expects “many good things” next month.
Despite this, Israel is mobilizing more than 70,000 soldiers to be sent into Gaza in preparation for a large-scale ground operation named “Gideon’s Chariots,” aiming to occupy the entire Gaza Strip.
Haaretz criticized the pace of Israeli airstrikes, stating, “Gideon’s Chariots haven’t yet set out, but the extermination vehicles are warming up.” The newspaper described the Israeli government’s actions as an “indiscriminate massacre.”
Palestinians were seen crying over the bodies of their loved ones, lined up in plastic bags on the ground, with shock and terror evident on their faces.
