Local health officials reported at least two deaths and dozens of injuries hours after Hamas confirmed it would disarm under a conditional framework. The strikes exposed the gap between a newly announced road map and the ceasefire conditions required to implement it.
Intense Israeli strikes hit central Gaza on Friday night. Local health officials reported at least two people killed and dozens injured. The strikes followed evacuation orders from Israel’s military.
Hamas had confirmed Friday that it would disarm under a broader framework. Israel had not officially endorsed the newly described Hamas terms. The Israeli military did not immediately answer AP’s request for comment on the specific strikes.
The existing ceasefire framework links Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawal and a new Palestinian administration. Implementation depends on sequencing that the parties still describe differently. Local health reports are used for initial casualty figures and may be revised.
At the publication cutoff, the checked record establishes the following limit: The identities of those killed and the intended targets were not independently established, and no implementation timetable had taken effect. The next public records expected to update this account are an official Israeli response to the disarmament framework and verified cessation of strikes and the first monitored reciprocal step.
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