58 killed in intensified Israeli strikes in Gaza, ahead of another ceasefire push

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· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 6:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago

Israeli strikes killed astatine slightest 58 radical across Gaza on Monday, arsenic residents successful the enclave's northbound reported 1 of the heaviest bombardments successful weeks. It comes arsenic Israeli officials were owed successful Washington for a new ceasefire push by the Trump administration.

A time aft U.S. President Donald Trump urged an extremity to the 20-month-old war, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected astatine the White House for talks connected a Gaza ceasefire, Iran and imaginable wider determination diplomatic deals.

But connected the crushed successful the Palestinian enclave, determination was nary motion of warring letting up. The Israeli subject issued evacuation orders connected Monday to residents successful ample districts successful the northern Gaza Strip, forcing a caller question of displacement.

"Explosions ne'er stopped; they bombed schools and homes. It felt similar earthquakes," said Salah, 60, a begetter of five from Gaza City. "In the news, we perceive a ceasefire is near; on the ground, we spot decease and we perceive explosions."

Israeli tanks pushed into the eastbound areas of Zeitoun suburb in Gaza City and shelled respective areas successful the north, portion craft bombed astatine slightest 4 schools aft ordering hundreds of families sheltering wrong to leave, residents said.

"All of america person children, we're innocent. We were sleeping successful our tents," Nisreen Abu Zaid, a 45-year-old parent of four, told CBC News freelance videographer Mohamed El Saife connected Monday.

Amani Salouha, 36, said her hubby was killed last Wednesday successful an earlier Israeli onslaught successful Gaza City, leaving her arsenic the sole caretaker of their 3 children.

"Now I'm taking attraction of the children [alone]. Where are we going to fly successful the mediate of the night? What is their responsibility successful immoderate of this?" Salouha said

At slightest 58 radical were killed successful Israeli strikes connected Monday, Gaza wellness authorities said, including 10 radical killed successful Zeitoun and astatine slightest 13 killed southwest of Gaza City. Medics said astir of the 13 were deed by gunfire, but residents besides reported an airstrike.

Twenty people, including a section journalist, were killed successful an Israeli airstrike connected a beachfront café in Gaza City, medics said. The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate said much than 220 journalists had been killed in Gaza since the warfare began successful October 2023.

The Israeli subject claimed it struck militant targets successful northern Gaza, including bid and power centres, aft taking steps to mitigate the hazard of harming civilians, but it did not supply immoderate evidence.

The dense bombardment followed caller evacuation orders to immense areas successful the north, wherever Israeli forces had operated earlier and near down wide-scale destruction. The subject ordered radical determination to caput south, saying that it planned to combat Hamas militants operating successful northern Gaza, including successful the bosom of Gaza City.

Netanyahu's information furniture to sermon adjacent steps

Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a confidant of Netanyahu's, was expected connected Monday astatine the White House for talks connected Iran and Gaza, an Israeli authoritative said.

Dermer was expected to statesman meetings with Trump medication officials connected Tuesday, the root successful Washington said.

Alongside talks on Gaza ceasefire prospects, Dermer besides plans to sermon Netanyahu's imaginable sojourn to the White House successful coming weeks, according to the root acquainted with the matter.

In Israel, Netanyahu's information furniture was expected to convene to sermon the adjacent steps in Gaza.

On Friday, Israel's subject main said the contiguous crushed cognition was adjacent to having achieved its goals. And connected Sunday, Netanyahu said caller opportunities had opened up for recovering the hostages, 20 of whom are believed to inactive beryllium alive.

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Palestinian and Egyptian sources with cognition of the latest ceasefire efforts said that mediators Qatar and Egypt person stepped up their contacts with the 2 warring sides, but that nary day has been acceptable yet for a caller circular of truce talks.

A Hamas authoritative said that advancement depends connected Israel changing its presumption and agreeing to extremity the warfare and retreat from Gaza. Israel says it tin extremity the warfare lone erstwhile Hamas is disarmed and dismantled. Hamas refuses to laic down its arms.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel has agreed to a U.S.-proposed 60-day ceasefire and hostage deal, and enactment the onus connected Hamas.

"Israel is superior successful its volition to scope a hostage woody and ceasefire in Gaza," Saar told reporters successful Jerusalem.

The warfare began erstwhile Hamas fighters stormed into Israel connected Oct. 7 2023, killing 1,200 people, astir of them civilians, and taking 251 hostages backmost to Gaza in a astonishment onslaught that led to Israel's azygous deadliest day.

Israel's consequent subject assault has killed more than 56,000 Palestinians, astir of them civilians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, displacing almost the full 2.3 cardinal colonisation and plunging the enclave into a humanitarian crisis.

More than 80 per cent of the territory is present an Israeli-militarized portion oregon nether displacement orders, according to the United Nations.