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Israeli Strikes Kill Children as Gaza Talks Advance

7/30/2026

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Israeli Strikes Kill

Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed four people in Gaza, including an eight-year-old girl and an 18-month-old child.
Cairo mediators said talks on the U.S.-brokered Gaza peace plan are progressing despite the strikes.
Negotiations aim to decommission weapons and transfer authority to Gaza’s National Committee for Administration.
Control of 60% of Gaza was extended when Israeli troops moved blocks beyond Yellow Line.

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Israel Airstrikes Kill

Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed four people in Gaza, including an eight-year-old girl and an 18-month-old child.
Israel has failed to meet the ceasefire’s requirement of delivering 600 aid trucks daily, worsening Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
The attacks struck civilian tent camps and a refugee house, increasing displacement despite the ceasefire.
Hospitals treated six bodies and 34 injured in 24 hours, Gaza Health Ministry said.

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The Israeli Defense Forces said the Thursday airstrikes were aimed at Hamas militants and terror infrastructure.
Within this story's sources, this justification appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

Operation Cast Lead, the three-week Israeli offensive that began on 27 December 2008, killed more than 1,400 Palestinians and razed roughly 13,000 homes, prompting a $1 billion U.S. reconstruction pledge. The war ended with a unilateral cease-fire but left Gaza under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade. Today’s IDF strikes on Hamas echo that same cycle of heavy fire, civilian displacement and fragile diplomatic pressure from the UN and the United States.

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Israeli Strikes Kill

Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed four people in Gaza, including an eight-year-old girl and an 18-month-old child.
Cairo mediators said talks on the U.S.-brokered Gaza peace plan are progressing despite the strikes.
Negotiations aim to decommission weapons and transfer authority to Gaza’s National Committee for Administration.
Control of 60% of Gaza was extended when Israeli troops moved blocks beyond Yellow Line.

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