"Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip mourned seven people killed in Israeli airstrikes, in footage taken on Friday. Video shows locals saying farewell to their deceased relatives and performing funeral prayers, while other shots show the destruction in the residential area hit by the strikes on Thursday. "Talk of a second and third phase [of the ceasefire agreement] is meaningless. We want the bloodshed to stop. They see us as prey," claimed Ahmad Salman, one relative. "Anyone who talks about a second or third phase is fooling themselves." Mohammed Al-Saqqa, a resident of the shelled building, added: "We didn’t know the reason for the strike, and there was no warning. Suddenly, two rockets fell - on our home and our neighbours’ homes. We don’t know what happened. We saw thick smoke and huge flames rising, and we ran out without figuring out where the strike came from.” Local media reported that 12 had been killed in total in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. The Israeli army stated that it had carried out “attacks targeting a number of militants, including leaders from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, across the Gaza Strip". It said it was in response to what it described as a “blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement,” referring to the clashes that occurred in Rafah on Tuesday. On Wednesday, US envoy Steve Witkoff announced the launch of the second phase of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza, which includes moving from a ceasefire to disarmament, forming a technocratic administration, and beginning reconstruction. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that since the ceasefire was declared in October, 463 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,200 others injured. The first phase of the plan signed in October covered the ceasefire, exchange of hostages and prisoners, and the entry of aid to the enclave. "