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Hamas says nearly 60 people killed in Gaza as Trump calls for ceasefire

Hamas says nearly 60 people killed in Gaza as Trump calls for ceasefire

Hamas-run health authorities have said almost 60 people have been killed in new Israeli attacks on Gaza, Sky News reports. 

The Israeli military issued evacuation orders on Monday for people in large areas of the north, leading to further displacement.

Israeli officials will be in Washington for a new attempt at a ceasefire promoted by the Trump administration.

Salah, a 60-year-old father of five from Gaza City, said: "On the news we hear that a ceasefire is close, on the ground we see death and hear explosions," Reuters reported him as saying.

"The explosions never stopped; they bombed schools and houses. They felt like earthquakes."

Health authorities said 10 people were killed in Zeitoun and at least 13 were killed southwest of Gaza City.

Doctors said most of those 13 were hit by gunfire, but residents also reported an airstrike.

They also said that 20 people, including women, children and a local journalist, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a seaside cafe in Gaza City.

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