A ceasefire arrangement is in jeopardy as Israeli attacks in Gaza claim at least 65 lives.

With at least 65 people dead in attacks since morning, Israel’s unrelenting destruction of Gaza and targeting of the Palestinian civilian population shows no signs of stopping, and it is still unclear whether Hamas will accept a United States ceasefire offer to end the genocidal two-year conflict.

In the Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza City, where Israel has increased its ground invasion in addition to intense aerial bombardment, two missiles targeted al-Falah School on Wednesday. The school had been transformed into a shelter for hundreds of displaced residents.

Many of the Palestinian Civil Defense crews, including Munther Al-Dahshan, who was later confirmed dead from his wounds, were gravely injured in another attack as they raced to the area.

Ibrahim al-Khalili of Al Jazeera reported from Gaza City, saying, “Eyewitnesses reported that when civil defense teams rushed to the site and tried to pull people out of the rubble, a full attack targeted them, leading to critical injuries.”

Al Jazeera was previously informed by medical sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital that the incident claimed six lives and injured others.

Medical sources informed Al Jazeera that other strikes targeted a house in the south-eastern Zeitoun neighborhood, which killed a child, and a residence in the Daraj neighborhood, which killed at least seven people and injured others.

According to sources who spoke to Al Jazeera, 47 of the most recent 65 Palestinian victims died in Gaza City.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been forced to evacuate to the south, where they are frequently targeted en route, as a result of the ongoing shelling of Gaza City, which has destroyed the territory’s biggest urban center and killed dozens of civilians every day.

Similar to the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) last week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Wednesday that it has temporarily halted operations in Gaza City due to the intensifying fighting.

“When conditions permit, the ICRC will continue to work to support civilians in Gaza City from our fully operational offices in Deir al-Balah and Rafah,” the organization said in a statement.

The Israeli forces closed al-Rashid Street on Wednesday, according to the Gaza Government Media Office, which called it “one of the vital arteries that civilians rely on for travel between Gaza’s governorates.”

Israeli shelling has driven thousands of Palestinians to take this dangerous path from the north to the south.

Eleven unidentified dead, meantime, were interred in a mass grave located in the courtyard of al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City. Israeli fire has been continuous in recent days on the medical complex, which is the biggest in the besieged region.

Bombing and gunfire continue to surround al-Shifa kidney dialysis patients, putting them in greater danger.

The Wafa news agency said that air raids targeting two homes in the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip killed three civilians, according to emergency and ambulance sources.

The strikes occur as Palestinians who have been displaced due to intense Israeli shelling in Gaza City continue to flee southward for safety.

People were moving into a region that was “really under-resourced and overcrowded,” according to Hani Mahmoud of Al Jazeera, who was reporting from a beachfront road in Nuseirat, central Gaza.

Some families were forced to erect tents close to the sea, he claimed, adding that “the conditions the people are living in here are very dire and catastrophic.”

One of the Palestinians residing in a tent close to the coast is Mohammed al-Turkmani, a displaced person who recently left Gaza City with his wife and kids.

“I’m not sure how we’re going to make it in this tent. We might be inundated and the tent might be ripped apart as winter draws near,” al-Turkmani told Al Jazeera.

He remarked, “I just want to shield my family from the heat and cold. I really don’t know how I will handle this.”

Israeli naval forces have intercepted a number of ships belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is attempting to lift Israel’s harsh embargo of the famine-stricken enclave.

More than 40 civilian boats make up the GSF, which transports over 500 lawmakers, attorneys, and activists. Israeli soldiers attacked or stopped earlier flotillas.

PM QATARI HOPES THAT “MOMENTUM” WILL END WAR

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, meanwhile, urged all sides to take advantage of the “momentum” to end Israel’s war and claimed that the ceasefire plan announced by US President Donald Trump in Gaza satisfies the main objectives set by mediators, which include halting the killing and displacement of Palestinians.

In an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Wednesday, Sheikh Mohammed said Doha had passed the plan, already backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to Hamas’s negotiating team and discussed its broad terms.

Everyone decided to halt the conflict, avoid evictions, and stop the Israeli army from completely withdrawing. “These are the three primary, crucial issues,” he stated. “And the Palestinian people themselves are directly in charge of running Gaza.”

Sheikh Mohammed emphasized, “The primary focus is how to protect the people in Gaza.”

The threat of Trump’s “sad end”

Trump told reporters that Israeli and Arab officials had already approved his proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and gave Hamas “three or four days” to react.

Trump stated at the White House on Tuesday that Hamas will either do it or not, and if it doesn’t, it would be a very sad end.

Trump’s comments came a day after the White House released a 20-point document that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the exchange of Israeli captives held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli prisons and a staged Israeli withdrawal from the Strip.

Under the proposal, Hamas would be required to disarm, and the US would work with Arab and international partners to install a “temporary international stabilization force”.

Additionally, according to the plan, Hamas would not be involved in Gaza’s governance. Its members would be offered amnesty if they committed to “peaceful coexistence”, while those wishing to leave the enclave would be granted safe passage abroad.

As Israel’s assault on Gaza continues, Hamas’s negotiating team has been studying Trump’s plan, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Tuesday.

The renewed push to end Israel’s two-year war on Gaza comes as the Palestinian death toll has risen above 66,000 and the coastal enclave endures a horrifying humanitarian crisis.