Israeli military targets al-Amal area in Khan Younis city
Troops continue to engage in close-quarter combat and call in air raids against Palestinian fighters in al-Amal neighbourhood, killing a number of them, according to the Israeli military’s latest update.
Over the last day, Israeli air raids also took out extensive Hamas military infrastructure in Khan Younis, it said, including weapons depots, launch posts, and military compounds.
The Israeli military’s latest wave of attacks in Gaza also killed numerous civilians, including a child and two women in the Nuseirat refugee camp, reports the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
Overnight Israeli attacks kill, injure dozens in Gaza: Report
Israel’s latest attacks have killed and injured dozens of people from northern to southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.
Victims include:
- Five killed and 10 wounded from Israeli shelling of homes in Khan Younis
- Three killed from Israeli shelling of homes in Deir el-Balah
- Numerous injured from Israeli shelling in Gaza City’s neighbourhoods of Sheikh Ijlin, Tal al-Hawa and Zeitoun.
Four killed in Deir el-Balah
In the past few hours, we have been clearly observing a surge of military attacks across different areas in this territory. In the latest, Israeli soldiers had targeted a residential house in Deir el-Balah, killing at least four Palestinians amid the ongoing destruction of residential homes in the southern part of the city of Khan Younis.
Since the early morning hours, we have been hearing loud explosions from the city as the smoke rises on the horizon, showing the severity of confrontations and battles that are still ongoing.
UNRWA: Israel continues to deny agency aid access to north Gaza
Israel has continued to block the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from bringing food and other aid into northern Gaza, where hunger is most prevalent, UNRWA says in its latest situation update.
The amount of aid entering Gaza as a whole has also remained low with an average of 161 aid trucks reaching the enclave per day throughout March, well below the target of 500, according to UNRWA.
In addition, three more UNRWA members have been killed in Gaza hostilities, it said, bringing the total number of the agency’s staff killed since October 7 to 176.
Gaza media office says number of journalists killed now stands at 140
Gaza’s media office says two more Palestinian journalists have been killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the enclave.
This brings the total number of journalists and media representatives killed since October 7 to 140, it said.
