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IDF Strike on Nuseirat Refugee Camp Deepens Civilian Exposure in Gaza as Talks With Hamas Loom in Cairo

Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza on 16 August, with Palestinian media reporting several people injured, as a separate Hamas delegation prepares to meet Jared Kushner and regional mediators in Cairo. The juxtaposition of bombardment and back-channel talks shows how civilians live under fire even as ceasefire and governance plans are negotiated abroad. Readers will learn what was hit in Nuseirat, how the IDF justifies the strike, and what is at stake in the Cairo contacts.

For families in Gaza’s Nuseirat Refugee Camp, diplomatic calendars in Cairo offer little shelter from explosions overhead. On 16 August, Israeli airstrikes again hit the densely populated camp in the central Strip, even as plans emerged for a high-level meeting between Hamas leaders and U.S. envoy Jared Kushner across the border in Egypt. Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on Nuseirat earlier in the day, with the Israel Defense Forces describing the target as Palestinian militants in the camp. Palestinian media outlets reported that several people were injured in the attacks, though precise casualty figures and the identities of the wounded were not immediately clear. Later, Gazan sources reported an…

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