Dozens killed as Israeli strikes continue ahead of Gaza ceasefire

Israeli aerial strikes are continuing successful Gaza up of the ceasefire statement and hostage woody with Hamas, which comes into effect connected Sunday, taxable to the Israeli cabinet's approval.

The strikes killed 73 radical overnight, pursuing the announcement of the deal, Gaza's Hamas-run civilian defence bureau reported.

Victims see 12 radical who were surviving successful a residential artifact successful the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, the wellness ministry said.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) initially said "a fallen projectile" had been identified successful confederate Israel connected Thursday, but aboriginal said it had been wrongly identified.

Israel has antecedently launched aerial strikes successful the run-up to ceasefire arrangements taking effect, astir precocious successful Lebanon, wherever heavy bombing deed the capital, Beirut, conscionable hours earlier the ceasefire determination successful November.

A doc successful Gaza City's Baptist Hospital said unit "did not remainder for 1 minute" during the "bloody night".

"The injured kept connected coming," Dr Amjad Eliwah told the BBC. "The dormant were sent straight to the morgue."

He said "for a small while, everyone was blessed and joyful", pursuing quality of the ceasefire.

"Then the aforesaid radical who were blessed were dead."

Strikes were carried retired connected 50 targets implicit the past day, the IDF and the Israeli Security Agency said successful a statement.

Israel's forces overnight killed a antheral described arsenic having been progressive successful Hamas's 7 October onslaught , the connection besides said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to ratify the Gaza ceasefire agreement successful parliament connected Thursday, but his bureau alleges Hamas has "reneged" connected parts of the agreement, prompting a "last-minute crisis".

It adds the furniture volition not convene until Hamas has accepted "all elements of the agreement".

A elder Hamas authoritative told the BBC that his question was committed to the statement announced by the mediators and that the caput of its delegation, Khalil al-Hayya, had officially informed Qatar and Egypt of its support of each the presumption of the agreement.

Two hardline right-wing ministers, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, person agelong threatened to discontinue the authorities conjugation if the ceasefire goes ahead.

That could punctual caller elections successful Israel, but their resignations volition not artifact the woody if Netanyahu wants it to happen, observers say.

The premier curate of Qatar - which mediated negotiations - has called for "calm" connected some sides earlier the commencement of the archetypal six-week signifier of the ceasefire deal.

This volition spot 33 hostages - including women, children and aged radical - exchanged for Palestinian prisoners successful Israeli jails.

Israeli forces volition besides retreat to the east, distant from densely populated areas of Gaza.

Displaced Palestinians volition beryllium allowed to statesman returning to their homes and hundreds of assistance lorries volition yet beryllium allowed into the territory each day.

Negotiations for the 2nd signifier - which should spot the remaining hostages released, a afloat Israeli unit withdrawal and a instrumentality to "sustainable calm" - volition commencement connected the 16th day.

The 3rd and last signifier volition impact the instrumentality of immoderate remaining hostages' bodies and the reconstruction of Gaza - thing which could instrumentality years.

Achim Steiner from the United Nations Development Programme told the BBC's Newsday programme that the reconstruction of Gaza would beryllium a immense challenge, fixed the monolithic demolition inflicted by the war.

He said 40 cardinal tons of "toxic" rubble needed to beryllium removed earlier Gazans could instrumentality to wherever their houses utilized to be.

"This is simply a precise analyzable undertaking that we are present confronted with," helium said.

Israel launched a run to destruct Hamas - which is proscribed arsenic a violent organisation by Israel, the US and others - successful effect to an unprecedented cross-border onslaught connected 7 October 2023, successful which astir 1,200 radical were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 46,788 radical person been killed successful Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run wellness ministry.

Most of the 2.3 cardinal colonisation has besides been displaced, determination is wide demolition and determination are terrible shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, portion assistance agencies conflict to get assistance to those successful need.

Israel says 94 of the hostages are inactive being held by Hamas, 34 of whom are presumed dead. In addition, determination are 4 Israelis who were abducted earlier the war, 2 of whom are dead.