Israel kills 17 in Gaza as attacks escalate despite Trump plan

Gaza [Palestine], August 3: Israeli forces have killed at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza, despite United States President Donald Trump announcing a plan he describes as a "monumental step" towards peace and security in the shattered enclave.
The deaths on Sunday included three people killed in an air strike on a residential apartment in the Al-Sousi Tower in western Gaza City - Abdullah Abu Taif, 33, his pregnant wife Abeer Anan, 29, and their 5-year-old son Azzam - according to medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital.
An attack targeting an apartment in Al-Qarara, northwest of the city of Khan Younis, killed three members of the Al-Hams family - father Mahmoud, 38, his wife Fatima, 37, and their young daughter. Three others were wounded, medical sources at Nasser Hospital said.
Kamu Abu Muailiq, 68, and his wife Huda, 59, were killed in a strike on their home near Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, medics said, and two brothers were killed in a separate strike on a motorbike they were riding in the same area.
A Palestinian was also killed after being directly targeted in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Later, two Palestinians, one of them a child, were killed, in an Israeli drone attack on a tent housing displaced people in the Remal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City. And four more people were killed in a strike on vehicle in Gaza City.
The Israeli attacks since dawn caused the biggest daily death toll in weeks, according to Palestinian health officials.
On Saturday, an Israeli strike had targeted medicine warehouses attached to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Munir al-Bursh condemned the attack, stating that destroying supplies "turns medicine and illness itself into a tool of war". The ministry reported two facilities destroyed and two severely damaged.
Israeli warplanes have struck multiple targets over the past 48 hours.
Source: Qatar Tribune