Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Jabaliya, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. Israel’s military said it was targeting Hamas.
Reporting from Jerusalem
Displaced Gazans largely entered the new year on Wednesday shivering in tent camps or taking refuge in schools-turned-shelters as Israel’s war with Hamas neared its 16th month.
At least five people were killed in an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip before dawn in the northern city of Jabaliya, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency service overseen by the Hamas-run Interior Ministry, which does not distinguish between militants and civilians in its reporting.
The Israeli military said fighter jets had bombarded a “terrorist structure” in an attempt to target Hamas militants within it. In a statement, the Israeli military said it had taken precautions to avoid harming civilians.
As the war ground on, Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli defense minister who helped oversee his country’s military campaign in Gaza for more than a year until he was fired in November by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a televised statement that he was stepping down from his seat in Parliament.
Mr. Gallant said his insistence that the military begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox citizens, who have long been exempted from mandatory service, had been behind his dismissal. Since then, he said, Mr. Netanyahu has rushed through a conscription bill that still exempts too many and won’t meet Israel’s security needs.
“That I cannot accept and be a partner to,” Mr. Gallant said.
His resignation came as mediators were trying to secure a cease-fire deal that would free the remaining Israeli hostages seized by Hamas-led militants during their Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israeli officials have said they want a deal that secures freedom for at least some hostages but allows Israel to continue fighting in Gaza if it deems it necessary. Hamas has refused any agreement that does not include an end to a war that has decimated the enclave and unleashed a prolonged humanitarian crisis.
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