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Gaza rescuers say 80 killed in Israeli strikes amid hostage release talks

AFP | Gaza City

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alestinian Territories Gaza rescuers said at least 80 people were killed in Israeli bombardment across the Palestinian territory yesterday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US envoy Steve Witkoff about the release of hostages.

Negotiations for the release of the captives held in Gaza have been ongoing, with the latest talks taking place in the Qatari capital Doha, where US President Donald Trump was visiting on Wednesday.

Netanyahu’s office said the premier had discussed with Witkoff and his negotiating team “the issue of the hostages and the missing”.

Witkoff later said Trump had “a really productive conversation” with the Qatari emir about a Gaza deal, adding that “we are moving along and we have a good plan together”.

Fighting meanwhile raged on in Gaza, where the civil defence agency reported that 80 people had been killed since dawn.

“The number of martyrs killed in the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip since dawn today has risen to 80, including 59 in the northern Gaza Strip,” civil defence official Mohammed al-Mughayyir told AFP.