Israeli Strikes Kill 12 In Gaza, Tel Aviv Suburb Stabbing Kills 2 As Fears Of Wider War Spike

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 12 group successful Gaza, including 4 who were sheltering successful a shelter campy for displaced group wrong a infirmary complex, while a stabbing onslaught carried retired by a Palestinian killed 2 group successful a Tel Aviv suburb.

Tensions person soared pursuing nearly 10 months of warfare successful Gaza and nan sidesplitting of 2 elder militants successful abstracted strikes successful Lebanon and Iran past week. Those killings brought threats of revenge from Iran and its friends and raised fears of an moreover much destructive location war.

A female successful her 70s and an 80-year-old man were killed successful nan stabbing attack, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue work and a adjacent hospital, and 2 different men were wounded. The constabulary said nan onslaught was carried retired by a Palestinian militant, who was “neutralized,” and that a hunt was underway for different suspects.

The rescuers said nan wounded were recovered successful 3 different locations, each astir 500 meters (yards) apart, adding to concerns that much than 1 assailant was involved.

First responders activity astatine nan tract of a stabbing onslaught that, Israeli constabulary said, a Palestinian attacked killed a female and wounded a fewer others successful Holon, Israel Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum)

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Israel has been bracing for retaliation aft nan killing of a elder Hezbollah commander successful a onslaught successful Lebanon and Hamas’ apical governmental leader successful an onslaught successful Iran’s superior past week. Both were linked to nan ongoing warfare successful Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 onslaught into Israel.

In Gaza, an Israeli onslaught earlier connected Sunday deed a shelter campy lodging displaced group successful nan courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, sidesplitting 4 people, including 1 woman, and injuring others, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.

An Associated Press journalist filmed men rushing to nan segment to thief nan wounded and retrieve bodies, while trying to extinguish nan fire.

Palestinians respond to occurrence from an Israeli onslaught that deed a shelter area successful nan courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs infirmary successful Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. The onslaught killed respective group including a female and injured others, wellness officials confirmed. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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The infirmary successful Deir al-Balah is nan main aesculapian installation operating successful cardinal Gaza, and thousands of group person taken shelter location aft fleeing their homes successful nan war-ravaged territory.

A abstracted onslaught flattened a location successful bluish Gaza, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 people, including 3 children, their parents and their grandmother, according to nan ministry.

An Israeli onslaught connected a school-turned-shelter successful Gaza City connected Saturday killed astatine slightest 16 group and wounded different 21, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which announced nan toll connected Sunday. Israel’s military, which regularly accuses Palestinian militants of sheltering successful civilian areas, said it struck a Hamas bid center.

Israel says it tries to debar harming civilians, but nan subject seldom comments connected individual strikes, which often termination women and children. Gaza’s Health Ministry does not differentiate betwixt civilians and militants successful its tallies.

Hamas-led militants killed immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took astir 250 group hostage successful their astonishment onslaught into confederate Israel past October.

Israel’s monolithic violative launched successful Gaza has killed astatine slightest 39,550 Palestinians, according to nan territory’s Health Ministry, which does not opportunity really galore were militants. Heavy airstrikes and crushed operations person caused wide demolition and displaced nan immense mostly of Gaza’s 2.3 cardinal people, often aggregate times.

Hezbollah has regularly traded occurrence pinch Israel on nan Lebanon separator since nan commencement of nan war, successful what nan militant group says is aimed astatine relieving unit connected its chap Iran-backed ally, Hamas. The continuous strikes and counterstrikes person grown successful severity successful caller months, raising fears of an moreover much destructive location war.

Over 590 Palestinians person been killed by Israeli occurrence successful nan occupied West Bank since nan commencement of nan warfare successful Gaza, according to nan Palestinian Health Ministry. Most person been killed during Israeli raids and convulsive protests. Israel captured nan West Bank, Gaza and eastbound Jerusalem successful nan 1967 Mideast war, and nan Palestinians want each 3 territories for their early state.

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Magdy reported from Cairo.

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