Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza and destroy heavy equipment needed to clear rubble

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY DEIR AL-BALAH Gaza Strip AP Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least Palestinians mostly women and children and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble Separate strikes killed two people in Lebanon Related Articles of Jewish Holocaust survivors will be gone in the next years a account shows Indian police say gunmen kill at least tourists in Kashmir Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US What do expert level talks signal for the progress of the Iran-US nuclear negotiations From conclave to white smoke a glossary of terms used in a papal transition Also on Tuesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump spoke by phone two weeks after the two met in Washington Trump wrote on his social networking site Truth Social that the two spoke about commerce and Iran among other issues The call went very well We are on the same side of every issue he wrote Netanyahu s office did not have an immediate comment but his hastily-arranged visit to Washington was not deemed a rousing success after he appeared to fail to secure the aid he demanded from Trump on issues such as stopping Iran from emerging nuclear weapons reducing Trump s tariffs the influence of Turkey and the war in Gaza Israel s -month offensive against Hamas has destroyed vast areas of Gaza raising fears that much of it may never be rebuilt The territory already had a shortage of heavy equipment which is also needed to rescue people from the rubble after Israeli strikes and to clear vital roads The Israeli military noted it struck and destroyed around pieces of heavy machinery Israel announced Hamas used the vehicles including bulldozers for planting explosives digging tunnels and breaching fences including during the Oct attack Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States Canada and European Union A municipality in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza explained a strike on its parking garage destroyed nine bulldozers provided by Egypt and Qatar which helped broker the ceasefire that took hold in January Israel ended the truce last month renewing its bombardment and ground operations and sealing the territory s million Palestinians off from all imports including food fuel and healthcare supplies The strikes also destroyed a water tanker and a mobile generator provided by aid groups and a truck used to pump sewage the Jabaliya al-Nazla municipality reported Israeli strikes kill mostly children An Israeli airstrike early Tuesday destroyed a multistory home in the southern city of Khan Younis killing nine people including four women and four children according to Nasser Hospital which received the bodies The dead included a -year-old girl and her parents Palestinians examine the remains of bulldozers hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday April AP Photo Jehad Alshrafi A Palestinian man extinguishes the fire from bulldozers after they were hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday April AP Photo Jehad Alshrafi Smoke rises from the remains of bulldozers hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday April AP Photo Jehad Alshrafi Palestinians examine the remains of bulldozers hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday April AP Photo Jehad Alshrafi Palestinians examine the remains of bulldozers hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday April AP Photo Jehad Alshrafi Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis Gaza Strip Tuesday April AP Photo Abdel Kareem Hana Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis Gaza Strip Tuesday April AP Photo Abdel Kareem Hana Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis Gaza Strip Tuesday April AP Photo Abdel Kareem Hana Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis Gaza Strip Tuesday April AP Photo Abdel Kareem Hana Show Caption of Palestinians examine the remains of bulldozers hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Jabaliya northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday April AP Photo Jehad Alshrafi Expand They were asleep sleeping in God s peace They had nothing to do with anything commented Awad Dahliz the slain girl s grandfather What is the fault of this innocent child Also on Tuesday a strike in the built-up Jabaliya refugee camp killed three children and their parents and a strike in Nuseirat killed a man and two children according to the Gaza Healthcare Ministry s urgency organization and local hospitals The Israeli military did not have immediate comment on the strikes but has accused Hamas of using civilian infrastructure for terrorist purposes Israel s air and ground war has killed over Palestinians mostly women and children according to the ministry which does not say how multiple of the dead were civilians or combatants Israel says it has killed around terrorists without providing evidence The war began when Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel on Oct killing specific people mostly civilians and taking people hostage They are still holding hostages of whom are supposed to be alive after preponderance of the rest were disclosed in ceasefire agreements or other deals Hamas has revealed it will only free the remaining hostages in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners a full Israeli withdrawal and a lasting ceasefire Israel has explained it will keep fighting until the hostages are returned and Hamas has been either destroyed or disarmed and sent into exile It has pledged to hold onto so-called prevention zones in Gaza indefinitely Islamist killed in Lebanon An Israeli drone strike southeast of Beirut killed Hussein Atwi a member of the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood a regionwide Sunni Islamist political movement The group explained he was leaving for work when the drone struck Lebanon s Medical Ministry disclosed another person was killed in an Israeli strike on the southern Tyre province without providing further details Israel disclosed that its air force carried out the strike near Tyre and targeted a commander Israel has continued to carry out regular strikes across Lebanon despite reaching a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group in November Israel says it is targeting militants and weapons caches The Lebanese cabinet says people have been killed and wounded since the ceasefire took hold Hezbollah began firing on Israel the day after Hamas Oct attack Israel responded with airstrikes and the conflict in Lebanon escalated into a full-blown war in September when Israel carried out a heavy wave of strikes and killed the bulk of Hezbollah s top leadership Palestinian militants arrested in Syria The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group declared two of its senior members were arrested in Syria without any explanation The Syrian leadership has not commented Islamic Jihad a smaller militant group allied with Hamas and also backed by Iran had an established presence in Syria during the rule of former President Bashar Assad It sent fighters to Lebanon to aid Hezbollah during the war with Israel The arrests came days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Damascus and met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa It was Abbas first visit to Syria since before the uprising and the civil war that eventually led to Assad s overthrow last year Abbas leads the Western-backed Palestinian Authority dominated by political rivals of Hamas Magdy broadcasted from Cairo Associated Press writer Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed Follow AP s war coverage at https apnews com hub israel-hamas-war