Qatar emir slams Israel’s killing, displacement of Palestinians

CAIRO - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said killing and displacing Palestinians crosses a line and cannot be accepted, Doha-based Al Jazeera TV reported on Sunday, adding he described the Palestinian cause as an issue of principle. 

Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the October 7 attack led by gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement.

Communications and internet services were down for the third day running, complicating the work of emergency and ambulance crews trying to help people in areas hit by fighting.

The clashes were concentrated in the southern city of Khan Younis, where Hamas said its fighters hit an Israeli tank, as well as in Al-Bureij and Al Maghazi in central Gaza, where the military said several fighters were killed.