Dozens from same family killed in Gaza as Israel continues bombardment.

 Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said on a visit to London on Wednesday that 52 members of one family were killed in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.“Only this morning, from the Qadoura family in Jabalia, 52 people have been wiped out completely, killed,” he said.

“I have the list of the names, 52 of them. They were wiped out completely from grandfather to grandchildren.”

In southern Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said that heavy strikes continued on Wednesday in the lead-up to the humanitarian pause.

“These areas are considered to be ‘safe places’ to flee to from the north,” he said after an Israeli strike left a residential building in Khan Younis “completely destroyed”.

“But they are experiencing the same level of Israeli bombardments.”

Separately in Khan Younis, the bodies of more than 100 Palestinians originally held at the al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, which has been repeatedly raided by Israeli forces, were buried in a mass grave.he agreement between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian armed group that governs Gaza, comes after nearly seven weeks of war in the besieged territory that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands of others. 

Key details of the agreement remain unclear, but it is expected to include the release of 50 civilian hostages held in Gaza, the release of 150 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons and a four-day halt to hostilities in Gaza. The pause is expected to coincide with an influx of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.United Nations chief Antonio Guterres described the agreement as “an important step in the right direction,” but added that “much more needs to be done to end the suffering”.

The deal, expected to come into effect on Thursday morning, has been welcomed by rights groups and political leaders as a sign of potential progress towards the end of the fighting, which began on October 7 when Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials.

Israel has bombed areas of southern Gaza where it had told Palestinians to flee to.Dozens of people were killed in the attacks ahead of an expected ground invasion.Others were rushed to hospitals after attacks outside Rafah and Khan Younis, residents reported.Israel says it is targeting Hamas militants that rule the besieged territory.