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13 Palestinians killed in central Gaza as cease-fire talks grind on

Among the dead in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and Bureij Refugee Camp were 3 children and 1 woman
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A Palestinian baby boy, not yet named, who was delivered prematurely after his mother Ola al-Kurd was killed in an Israeli strike, lies in an incubator at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Friday, July 19, 2024. The latest casualties follow a rare moment of hope in war ravaged Gaza, after a medical teams recovered a live baby from a heavily pregnant Palestinian mother killed in an airstrike that hit her home in Nuseirat late Thursday evening. The still-unnamed newborn is stable but has suffered from a shortage of oxygen and has been placed in an incubator, doctors said. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

At least 13 people were killed in three Israeli airstrikes that hit refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinians health officials, as cease-fire talks in Cairo appeared to make progress.

Among the dead in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and Bureij Refugee Camp were three children and one woman, according to Palestinian ambulance teams that transported the bodies to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital. The 13 corpses were counted by AP journalists at the hospital.

Earlier, a medical team delivered a live baby from a Palestinian woman killed in an airstrike that hit her home in Nuseirat late Thursday evening.

Ola al-Kurd, 25, was killed along with six others in the blast, but was quickly rushed by emergency workers to Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza in the hope of saving the unborn child. Hours later, doctors told The Associated Press that a baby boy had been delivered.

The still-unnamed newborn is stable but has suffered from a shortage of oxygen and has been placed in an incubator, said Dr. Khalil Dajran on Friday.

Ola鈥檚 鈥渉usband and a relative survived yesterday鈥檚 strike, while everyone else died,鈥 Majid al-Kurd, the deceased woman鈥檚 cousin, told the AP on Saturday.

鈥淭he baby is in good health based on what doctors said,鈥 he added.

The war in Gaza, which was sparked by Hamas鈥 Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, has killed more than 38,900 people, according to the territory鈥檚 Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count. The war has created a humanitarian catastrophe in the coastal Palestinian territory, displaced most of its 2.3 million population and triggered widespread hunger.

Hamas鈥 October attack killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and militants took about 250 hostage. About 120 remain in captivity, with about a third of them believed to be dead, according to Israeli authorities.

The Israel-Hamas war has left thousands of women and children dead, according to health officials in the Gaza Strip. In April, a premature Palestinian baby was rescued from her dead mother鈥檚 womb but died days later.

In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 20-year-old man was shot dead by Israeli forces late Friday. Commenting on the shooting, the Israeli army said its forces opened fire on a group of Palestinians hurling rocks at Israeli troops in the town of Beit Ummar.

An eyewitness said Ibrahim Zaqeq was not directly involved in the clashes and was standing nearby.

Zaqeq 鈥渏ust looked at them, they shot him in the head. I picked him up from here and took him to the clinic,鈥 said Thare Abu Hashem.

On Saturday, Hamas identified Zaqeq as one of its members. The militant group鈥檚 green flag was wrapped around his corpse during the funeral.

Violence has surged in the territory since the Gaza war began. At least 577 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli fire since then according to the Ramallah-based Health Ministry which tracks Palestinian deaths.

In Cairo, international mediators, including the United States, are continuing to push Israel and Hamas toward a phased deal that would halt the fighting and free about 120 hostages in Gaza.

On Friday, the U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel that will release Israeli hostages captive by the group in Gaza is 鈥渋nside the 10-yard line,鈥 but added 鈥渨e know that anything in the last 10 yards are the hardest.鈥

Fruitless stop-and-start negotiations between the warring sides have been underway since November鈥檚 one-week cease-fire, with both Hamas and Israel repeatedly accusing each other of scuppering the effort to reach a deal.

Wafaa Shurafa And Jack Jeffery, The Associated Press

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