Israeli air strike kills 18 members of a family in Gaza

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As mediators express optimism for an imminent ceasefire deal between ******* and ******, ********* has raged in the Gaza Strip, where an ******** air strike has ******* at least 18 people, all from the same family.

The ******* came days after the Health Ministry in ******-run Gaza announced the ****** toll surpassed 40,000 in the 10-month-old war, and hours after officials from the ******* States, Egypt and Qatar ended two days of ceasefire talks with a message of hope that a deal could be reached.

A ****** statement from the mediators said a proposal to bridge the gaps between ******* and ****** was presented and they expected to work out the details of how to implement the possible deal next week in Cairo.

The mediation efforts are aimed not just at securing the release of scores of ******** hostages and stopping the fighting that has devastated Gaza, where aid and health workers ***** a possible polio outbreak.

They are also aimed at calming regional tensions that have threatened to explode into a broader war if Iran and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon ******* ******* in retaliation for the recent killings of top militant leaders.

Saturday’s air strike in Gaza hit a house and adjacent warehouse sheltering displaced people at the entrance to Zawaida town, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where casualties were taken.

An Associated Press reporter there counted the *****.

Among those ******* was Sami Jawad al-Ejlah, a wholesaler who coordinated with the ******** military to bring meat and fish to Gaza.

The ***** also included his two wives, 11 of their children ages 2 to 22, the children’s grandmother and three other relatives, according to a list provided by the hospital.

“He was a peaceful man,” said Abu Ahmed, a neighbour who was slightly wounded.

More than 40 civilians were sheltering in the house and warehouse at the time, he said.

AP footage showed bulldozers removing rubble from the heavily damaged warehouse.

The ******** military, which rarely comments on individual strikes, said it was checking the report.

It said Saturday it was continuing attacks on militants in central Gaza, including one seen launching rockets at troops.

Meanwhile, another mass evacuation was ordered for parts of central Gaza.

In a post on X, ******** military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said Palestinians in areas in and around the urban Maghazi ******** camp should leave.

He said ******** forces will operate in them in response to ************ rocket *****.

The vast majority of Gaza’s population has been displaced by the fighting, often multiple times, and around 84 per cent of the territory has been placed under evacuation orders by the ******** military, according to the ******* Nations.

The war began when ******-led militants stormed across the border on October 7, ******** about 1200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 250 to Gaza.

More than 100 were released in a November ceasefire.

About 110 are believed to be in Gaza, though ******** authorities believe around a third are *****.

******* says it has ******* more than 17,000 ****** militants, without providing evidence.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday at least 40,074 Palestinians have been ******* in the war.

The ministry does not distinguish between fighters and civilians.

Mediators have spent months pursuing a three-phase plan in which ****** would release the hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire, the withdrawal of ******** forces from Gaza and the release of Palestinians imprisoned by *******.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken planned to travel to ******* over the weekend and was expected to meet with ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

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