Israeli strikes kill at least 72 people in Gaza as ceasefire prospects move closer

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Israeli strikes kill at least 72 people in Gaza as ceasefire prospects move closer

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK
Updated 12:25 PM EDT, June 28, 2025

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 72 people across Gaza overnight and into Saturday, health workers said, as ceasefire prospects were said to be improving after 21 months of war.

Three children and their parents were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent camp in Muwasi near the southern city of Khan Younis. They were struck while sleeping, relatives said.

“What did these children do to them? What is their fault?” said the children’s grandmother, Suad Abu Teima, as others knelt to kiss their bloodied faces and wept. Some placed red flowers into the body bags.

Also among the dead were 12 people near the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people, and eight more in apartments, according to staff at Shifa Hospital. More than 20 bodies were taken to Nasser Hospital, according to health officials.

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[D. Spaulding]

1. Trump will likely whine again about a Nobel Prize if there is a ceasefire in Gaza, but the reality is

that the bombing is only stopping because they've blown up and destroyed everything there is to destroy by now.

[Gimpyknee]

2. Wait! Surely there must be more innocent Palestinian women and children that Israel can kill before a ceasefire.

[Richard D]

3. Yeah, it never happened.