Israeli strikes on Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday killed at least 34 Palestinians, including 10 outside a medical clinic, local hospitals and aid workers said, as the military reported the death of an Israeli soldier.
The fighting in Gaza has shown no sign of slowing as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump in Washington this week to work on a U.S.-led cease-fire plan. Hopes for an agreement in the near term appeared to be fading as Netanyahu prepared to return to Israel.
Netanyahu is holding firm to the idea that Hamas must be destroyed, while Hamas wants a complete end to the war following the proposed 60-day truce.
Gaza's Nasser Hospital reported a total of 21 deaths in airstrikes in the southern town of Khan Younis and the nearby coastal area of Muwasi. It said three children and their mother, as well as two additional women, were among the dead.
In central Gaza, at least 13 people were killed in the city of Deir al-Balah, including at least 10 people waiting to receive nutritional supplements at a medical clinic early Thursday, according to Project Hope, an aid group that runs the clinic. Two women and five children were among the dead.
