The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, which Israeli and Palestinian media reports said had resulted in Israeli casualties.

Israel’s military said 10 projectiles were launched from Rafah in southern Gaza towards the area of the crossing, which it said was now closed to aid trucks going into the coastal enclave. Other crossings remain open.

Hamas’ armed wing said it fired rockets at an Israeli army base by the crossing, but did not confirm where it fired them from. Hamas media quoted a source close to the group as saying the commercial crossing was not the target.

Sunday’s attack on the crossing came as hopes dimmed for ceasefire talks under way in Cairo.

The war began after Hamas stunned Israel with a cross-border raid on Oct. 7 in which 1,200 people were killed and 252 hostages taken, according to Israeli tallies.

More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed, 29 of them in the past 24 hours, and more than 77,000 have been wounded in Israel’s assault, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

  • katy ✨
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    91 month ago

    both the israeli government and hamas have already shown that they don’t want a ceasefire or hostage release under any circumstances. i have no idea what the outcome will be but it seems like it’s just going to be the civilians in both israel and palestine that suffer :(

    • @jorp@lemmy.world
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      81 month ago

      They fired at a military base near the crossing (preparing for the invasion) and there’s currently no ceasefire, I don’t particularly see why this is shocking. It’s a legitimate military target