Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, rescuers say
GettyEleven people were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza on Sunday morning, according to Palestinian civil defence and health officials.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said a strike on a tent encampment in northern Gaza killed at least six people, while another strike in the south of the strip killed five.
The Israel Defense Forces said it had struck terror targets in response to ceasefire violations by Hamas, and that militants had been killed after emerging from a tunnel into the area of the strip controlled by the Israeli military.
Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of near-daily violations of the ceasefire agreement since it took effect on 10 October.
Gaza's Civil Defence said 11 people had been killed in the strikes, while staff at the Al-Shifa hospital said a 12th person was killed in an exchange of gunfire, separate from the air strikes.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has said at least 600 people have been killed since the ceasefire went into effect.
At least 32 people were killed in a wave of Israeli air strikes across Gaza earlier this month, according to local officials.
The latest strikes came as the preparations continued for the implementation of the second phase of a US-brokered ceasefire agreement.
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced a new body called the Board of Peace, which has a mandate from the United Nations Security Council to establish an international force tasked with securing border areas in Gaza, and overseeing the disarmament of Hamas.
The board, which is due to have its first meeting in Washington on 19 February, will also oversee the formation of a new technocratic Palestinian government in Gaza and post-war reconstruction.
Ahead of the talks, Trump said on Sunday that members of the board had pledged $5bn (£3.6bn) to the Palestinian territory's reconstruction.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he also repeated calls for Hamas to move forward with disarmament. Hamas has previously rejected disarmament, saying it would only do so once a Palestinian state had been established.
Last week it was announced that Indonesia, a Board of Peace member, would deploy 8,000 soldiers to Gaza to help facilitate phase two of the ceasefire agreement.
The war was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
Israel responded to the attack by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 71,820 people have been killed, according to the territory's health ministry.
Elsewhere, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington on Wednesday to meet US President Donald Trump, where they discussed ways to curb Iran's nuclear programme - which Tehran has always insisted is for purely civilian purposes.
Netanyahu was expected to press Trump to pursue an agreement that would halt Iran's uranium enrichment, as well as cutting its ballistic missile programme.
However, Trump later said there was "nothing definitive reached" and that talks with Iran would continue.
Iran's deputy foreign minister told BBC News further talks would take place in Geneva on Tuesday. An unnamed US official confirmed the date to Reuters news agency.
