GAZA: Israeli air strikes have targeted buildings in Hamad City, a Qatari-funded housing development on the outskirts of Khan Younis in Gaza, Arab media reported on Saturday. Hamad City was Inaugurated in Gaza in 2016. The first flats over 1,000 were given to Palestinian people whose house were destroyed in the war between Hamas and Israel two years earlier.
The strikes came at almost just the same time Israeli negotiators pulled out of ceasefire talks in Doha, Qatar. Deputy Hamas chief Saleh Al-Arouri said that talks on prisoner exchanges are now over and will not resume until Israel stops it assault and hands over all Palestinian detainees. In an interview with Arab media, he said that no more prisoners would be exchanged with Israel until there was a truce in the Gaza Strip. Saleh al-Arouri said there would be no prisoner-captive swap as long as the attack on Gaza continues. He said that they are not holding talks now over ceasefire. There will be no prisoner exchange until the hostility ends and there is a definitive and comprehensive truce,”.
Israeli Attack Destroys Qatar-funded Housing Complex in Gaza: Arab Media
He said, “The occupation claims there are still children and women being held, but we stated we had handed all of them over. The remaining prisoners in the Gaza Strip are soldiers and civilians who served in the occupation military. He maintained, “Our Zionist detainees will not be released until all our prisoners are released and a truce takes hold. The resistance is ready for all Israeli army scenarios whether air, ground or other.”
Meanwhile, Arab media reported that Israel asked its negotiating team in Doha, Qatar to return to Israel because of what it called a “stalemate”. Health officials in Gaza also said that Israel’s brutal attack has killed over 15,000 people, also mostly women and children, since it was launched around eight weeks ago.
