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Biden says end to war in Gaza hard to achieve as Israel escalates attack on northern area Israeli attack said to have killed dozens in Gaza
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Israel has surrounded the northern Gaza area of Jabalia for two weeks Rubble on a street in Jabalia earlier this month
US President Joe Biden has said there is a "possibility of working towards a ceasefire" in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the armed group Hezbollah, but added that "it's going to be harder in Gaza" despite the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar earlier this week. An Israeli air strike has killed at least 33 people including 21 women at a refugee camp in northern Gaza, the strip's Hamas-run authorities say.
He was speaking as he left Berlin, where he met the German, French and British leaders. There was no immediate comment on the reported attack at Jabalia from Israel, whose forces have been besieging the densely-populated camp for weeks.
Sinwar's death had raised hopes in some quarters of an end to the war in Gaza. The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar this week raised hopes in some quarters of an end to the war but the group's deputy leader said Hamas would only be strengthened.
But on Friday the deputy leader of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, insisted it would only strengthen the group. He said Israeli hostages would not be returned until Israel ended the war and withdrew from Gaza. US President Joe Biden has said there is a chance of "working towards a ceasefire” in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Hezbollah militants, but it will be "harder in Gaza”.
Meanwhile Israel escalated its assault on the Jabalia refugee camp, a densely-populated urban area north of Gaza City which Israeli forces have besieged for two weeks, sending another army unit to support troops already operating there. He was speaking as he left the German capital Berlin, where he had met German, French and British leaders.
Sinwar was responsible for the deadly Hamas attack on Israeli communities near Gaza on 7 October last year, which killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 others taken to Gaza as hostages. According to a statement from Gaza's Hamas-run government media office, Friday's air strike also injured more than 85 people, some seriously, as homes belonging to three families in the camp were hit.
Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has killed at least 42,500 people, the Hamas run health ministry there says. The final death toll could reach 50, it added, as people were buried under the rubble of buildings.
The Israeli military said earlier that Sinwar was killed when the building he was hiding in in the southern Gaza city of Rafah was struck with "tank fire". It also noted its troops traded gunfire with a group of "terrorists" before the building was targeted. The report could not be verified independently. Local sources indicate that northern Gaza is effectively isolated, with telecommunications and internet services severed in the region.
On Friday the pathologist in Israel who conducted his autopsy told US media the cause of death had been a "severe traumatic brain injury" from being shot in the head. A video circulating on social media - which the BBC has not verifed - appears to show bodies wrapped in white shrouds laid out in the courtyard of al-Awda Hospital.
Dr Chen Kugel, from the National Center of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, says he found wounds "from other sources" on the former Hamas leader - including injuries to his right forearm from "missile fire", a damaged left leg from "fallen masonry" and shrapnel injuries to his body. The director of the hospital spoke to reporters about an overwhelming influx of casualties.
"They caused the severe damage, but the cause of death is the gunshot wound in the head," he told CNN. “Ambulance crews are still attempting to retrieve the martyrs and the wounded from Jabalia," the director said.
BBC Verify analyses footage of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's killing "Our hospital wards are completely full and many injured individuals are receiving treatment on the floor.”
Late on Friday Reuters quoted Palestinian medics as saying at least 30 people were killed and many more wounded in Israeli strikes on Jabalia that hit several houses. According to Reuters news agency, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said at least 39 Palestinians, many in Jabalia, had been killed by Israeli strikes on Friday before the latest attack.
The Palestinian official news agency Wafa said at least 20 women and children were among those killed. There was no immediate Israeli comment. About 400,000 people have been trapped inside the camp with little food or water for more than two weeks.
Before the latest strikes the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said at least 39 Palestinians, many in Jabalia, had been killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza on Friday. The head of the UN's Office for Humanitarian Assistance, Georgios Petropoulos, told the BBC's Newshour programme that families in Jabalia were enduring "atrocious conditions".
Residents told Reuters that Israeli tanks had reached the heart of Jabalia under cover of heavy air strikes and artillery fire, and said Israeli troops were destroying large numbers of homes every day.
Later on Friday residents reported that communications had been cut in Jabalia and two other towns in northern Gaza.
On Friday the head of the UN's Office for Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), Georgios Petropoulos told the BBC's Newshour programme that families in Jabalia were enduring "atrocious conditions".
"We can't hit the alarm bell hard enough about how dire and dangerous the situation for civilians there is," he said, speaking from Rafah in southern Gaza."We can't hit the alarm bell hard enough about how dire and dangerous the situation for civilians there is," he said, speaking from Rafah in southern Gaza.
"Families that are in north Gaza, especially the ones that are in Jabalia camp surrounded by Israeli forces, are trying to survive in what can only be described as atrocious conditions under a very heavy bombardment." Israel said it had sent about 30 lorries of supplies into northern Gaza on Friday including food, water, medical supplies and shelter equipment but local health officials told Reuters aid had not been reaching the worst-affected areas such as Jabalia.
On Thursday the Israeli military said it had killed numerous fighters in close-quarters combat and dismantled military infrastructure. Israel has repeatedly denied it is preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza but the US has told it to boost access or risk having some US military assistance cut off.
Mr Petropoulos added he did not foresee getting aid into the north of Gaza becoming easier as a result of Sinwar's death. An Israeli minister, Amichai Chikli, told the BBC that Israel had "blockaded" parts of northern Gaza, which include Jabalia.
Very little aid has entered northern Gaza in October. Israel said it sent in about 30 lorries of supplies into northern Gaza on Friday including food, water, medical supplies and shelter equipment. But local health officials told Reuters that aid has not been reaching the worst-affected areas such as Jabalia. "We allowed the civilian population to escape into the safe zone, and we prevented supplies to enter the blockade region," he told the Newshour programme.
"We don't see a path to peace from where we are in Gaza," he said. "I still see children dying on the floors of hospitals for the lack of hospital beds... and dialysis patients dying because there is no fuel allowed to get to hospitals."
Israel has repeatedly denied it is preventing aid from entering Gaza. But the US has told Israel to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off.
On Friday an Israeli minister told the BBC that Israel had "blockaded" parts of northern Gaza, which include Jabalia.
Amichai Chikli told the BBC's Newshour programme: "We've created a blockade with our forces. We allowed the civilian population to escape into the safe zone, and we prevented supplies to enter the blockade region, which was a very specific region where Hamas was trying to recover its administration and its military capabilities."
He insisted this was "legal according to the international law".He insisted this was "legal according to the international law".
BBC Verify analyses footage of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's killing
Since the Hamas-led attack on Israel just over a year ago, at least 42,500 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured in Gaza, the Hamas-run authorities say.
About 1,200 people were killed by Hamas and its allies in the 7 October 2023 attack and 251 others were taken to Gaza as hostages.
On Friday Hamas deputy leader Khalil al-Hayya said Israeli hostages would not be returned until Israel ended the war and withdrew from Gaza.
Sinwar was held responsible for the 7 October attack. According to the Israeli military, he was killed in a firefight after the building where he was hiding in the southern Gaza city of Rafah was struck with "tank fire".
The pathologist in Israel who conducted his autopsy told US media he had been shot in the head.
Dr Chen Kugel also found injuries to his right forearm from "missile fire", a damaged left leg from "fallen masonry" and shrapnel injuries.
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Fighting also continued in Lebanon, where the IDF has launched a ground invasion against Hezbollah. On Friday, fighting also continued in Lebanon, where Israel has been conducting a ground invasion against Hezbollah.
On Friday, the Israeli military said it had killed about 60 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed the Iran-backed group's regional command centre with an air strike. The Israeli military said it had killed about 60 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed the Iran-backed group's regional command centre with an air strike.
Hezbollah meanwhile said it fired rockets at the Israeli city of Haifa and areas to its north. Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at the Israeli city of Haifa and areas to its north.