(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Za July 15 (QNA) - The death toll from Israel’s week-long campaign in Gaza rose to 194 as a Palestinian was killed in renewed strikes after an Egyptian truce bid failed. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said a 77-year-old man was killed in the southern city of Khan Yunis yesterday afternoon.
He was the first person to be killed since Israel renewed its air strikes after observing for six hours a ceasefire that Hamas snubbed. The Egyptian-proposed ceasefire went into effect at 0600 GMT but Hamas said it had not been consulted on the truce and would not halt fire without a full-fledged agreement involving Israeli concessions.
Before the 0600 GMT deadline three people were killed in two separate air strike on Khan Yunis and two other men in the city succumbed to injuries sustained in earlier raids Qudra said. Also in the south a woman was killed in an earlier strike on Rafah. (QNA)
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.