{"id":14116,"date":"2025-07-19T09:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14116"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:04:25","slug":"at-least-41-killed-in-israeli-strikes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14116","title":{"rendered":"At least 41 killed in Israeli strikes today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>At least 41 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hospital sources said, as Trump claimed 10 hostages would be released &#8220;very shortly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dead are 12 people who were reportedly waiting for food aid when they were targeted, according to medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 others have been injured in the latest attacks, which struck several neighbourhoods and aid distribution areas across the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 \u0639\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646 | Eye on Palestine (@eye.on.palestine)<\/p>\n<p>Emergency workers said the number of casualties may rise, as some of the wounded are in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump claimed that 10 more Israeli captives will be released &#8220;very shortly&#8221;, though he gave no details or timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a dinner with lawmakers at the White House on Friday night, Trump praised the efforts of his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got most of the hostages back. We\u2019re going to have another 10 coming very shortly, and we hope to have that finished quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly claimed a ceasefire and release deal is near, though no agreements have materialised.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s war on Gaza<\/p>\n<p>Israel has carried out a devastating military campaign in Gaza since late October 2023, killing at least 58,667 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children.<\/p>\n<p>The relentless bombardment has levelled much of the besieged enclave, creating severe food shortages, collapsing health infrastructure, and fuelling the spread of disease.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is also facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 41 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hospital sources said, as Trump claimed 10 hostages would be released &#8220;very shortly&#8221;. Among the dead are 12 people who were reportedly waiting for food aid when they were targeted, according to medical staff. More than 100 others have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}