(4 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khan Younis – 4 July 2025
1. People carrying wrapped body
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, aunt of killed victim:
"Our sons are dying, being slaughtered. Where are the Arabs? May God make what is happening to us happen to them. We are losing one son after another. Enough injustice, enough death, enough genocide. You killed us and burned our hearts over our children while you are watching. May God punish the Arab countries before the Jews. May God punish every Arab colluder."
3. People carrying wrapped body
4. Various of women mourning
5. People walking with body
6. Wide of scene
STORYLINE:
Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday, while another 20 people died in various locations while trying to get aid, according to Nasser Hospital in Gaza.
Three of those killed died while attempting to get aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population.
Another 17 were killed while waiting for an aid truck to go by in Khan Younis.
Family members bid their loved ones a tear-filled emotional goodbye as mourners gathered around the wrapped bodies.
Funeral prayers were held for the deceased, before the bodies were taken away for burial.
"Enough injustice, enough death, enough genocide. You killed us and burned our hearts over our children while you are watching," said one woman.
The latest killings took place as efforts to halt the 21-month war appeared to be moving forward.
Hamas said Friday that it was holding discussions with leaders of other Palestinian factions to discuss a ceasefire proposal presented to it by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen.
Hamas will give its final response to mediators after the discussions have concluded, the statement said.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the number of Palestinians killed in the territory has passed 57,000. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count, but says more than half of the dead are women and children.
The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.
According to Palestinian witnesses and Gaza’s Health Ministry, several hundred people have been killed or wounded by Israeli troops when trying to reach the aid sites since they opened in May.
The military has repeatedly said it’s fired only warning shots, denies deliberately firing towards civilians, and says it’s looking into reports of civilian harm.
Production: Wafaa Shurafa
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