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Children rescued from Gaza rubble in aftermath of overnight Israeli strike

In central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, an Israeli strike on an apartment block has left residents dead and wounded. Rescue efforts, aided by a bulldozer, have uncovered tragic scenes with some survivors found amid the rubble, while others, including entire families, have perished.

The aftermath of Israeli strikes on Deir el-Balah

Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital documents its first case of child starving to death

A child’s body lying on a hospital bed showed the effects of severe starvation, protruding ribs in his chest and extreme thinness, according to the graphic video footage by Ezzedine Lulu, fifth-year medical student who acts as a doctor at al-Shifa Hospital.

He documented the arrival at the hospital in the northern Gaza Strip of the first person to die of starvation.

After speaking about the situation that resulted in the death of the child and the failure to save the people of the north from starvation and thirst, he said: “Do not talk to us again about human rights, I do not know where the world has reached in its brutality and cruelty.”

Israeli military carries out mass arrest campaign in Khan Younis

Palestinians in Gaza have had to endure an intense bombing campaign in the northern parts, the central area and the city of Khan Younis, where the military headquarters and armoured vehicles of the Israeli military are still based.

In Khan Younis, the Israeli military is surrounding residential buildings and conducting mass arrests and aggressive searches from building to building in search of Hamas fighters. A statement released by the Israeli military says they’ve arrested almost 250 people they describe as Hamas associates.

But maybe the worst events to happen overnight were repeated air strikes in Deir el-Balah. A residential building full of displaced people was attacked in the city, with at least 11 people killed so far, with more still under the rubble and multiple other injuries reported. The injured were taken to al-Aqsa Hospital.

The aftermath of Israeli strikes in Rafah

Two dead, one wounded in bombing of Gaza City

Al Jazeera correspondents report at least two people have been killed and one injured in the bombing of a house in the Tuffah neighbourhood in the eastern part of Gaza City. Air raids were reported also in the al-Qarara area of Khan Younis where eight were confirmed dead, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

Al-Qarara has been the target of several Israeli raids since the early morning hours.

Gaza government confirms five killed in aid airdrop accident

Five people have been killed and several injured after airdropped parcels fell on a crowd of people waiting to collect aid when parachutes failed to open. “Dropping aid in this way is flashy propaganda rather than a humanitarian service,” said Gaza’s media office. “We previously warned it poses a threat to the lives of citizens in the Gaza Strip, and this is what happened today when the parcels fell on the citizens’ heads.”

Aid was airdropped “despite our previous warnings that these operations are useless and not the best way to bring aid in”. “Before it is too late, bring in aid through land crossings,” it said.

At least 20 people are known to have died of starvation and the number is likely to rise as more than 700,000 Palestinian are suffering from extreme hunger, according to government figures.

At least 9 killed in Israeli bombardment of homes in Rafah

The Israeli military carried out air raids on two homes in the city of Rafah since dawn, killing at least nine people, including children, according to Al Jazeera Arabic’s team on the ground.

Several wounded in Israeli attack near Khan Younis

The injured were taken to the European Gaza Hospital after Israeli forces targeted a car in al-Thawabta neighbourhood, south of Khan Younis. Video shared on social media, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad, shows the wounded lying on the hospital’s floor as medical workers attended to their injuries.

 

Death toll increases to 30,878 in Gaza: Ministry

The Health Ministry in Gaza says that 78 people have been killed in eight Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of deaths in the enclave since October 7 to 30,878. The statement on Telegram added that 104 people had been injured by the Israeli army over the past day, raising the total number wounded to 72,402.

“A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as the occupation prevents ambulance and civil defence crews from reaching them,” the ministry added.