Meanwhile, the war goes on
At least three Palestinians killed in Nuseirat refugee camp
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that an Israeli attack on a home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp has killed at least three people and wounded many others.The attack hit a home belonging to the Abu Tuyoor family, according to the reports.
Rafah residents say can’t create safe zone in a war zone
Despite the ongoing talks and progress made in Cairo for a potential ceasefire, people are still very cautious because they still have to deal with this intense bombing campaign that has been going on for the past 24 hours.
There has been an intense surge in air attacks and artillery shelling of not only Rafah City, but the remaining eastern part of the Gaza Strip. We’re looking at at least three atrocities committed against displaced families in Rafah and other parts of the Gaza Strip.
At least 43 people have been killed, and 26 of those who have been killed in overnight attacks and throughout the day happen to be from Rafah City.
There are reports of people still stuck under the rubble. There is also the inability of civil defence crews and paramedics and volunteers to reach those who might have survived these attacks.
It is increasingly becoming difficult to live in Rafah. One thing that the residents keep repeating here is that you can’t create a safe zone in a war zone.
Quds Brigades claims rocket attacks on southern Israel
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it fired rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli cities. The group said that it “bombed ‘Sderot’, ‘Niram’, and the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip in response to the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our people”.
Local media reported the Israeli army as saying a rocket fired towards Sderot was intercepted.
Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
The Israeli army has said that two reservists were killed in the central Gaza Strip yesterday. This brings the Israeli troop death toll to 263, the army said. The two soldiers were killed and another soldier was seriously wounded in the Netzarim Corridor area, the army said.
Hamas’s Al Qassam Brigades issued a statement yesterday saying it had set up an ambush for Israeli soldiers that led to the killing and injuring of several reservists.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum unpacks what its like to cover the war from Gaza
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum discusses his experience reporting on the war in Gaza since it began in October.
“To be a journalist in Gaza is to be both the person who reports on the attack and the eyewitness as well,” he explains.
“Palestinian journalists are heroes. Sometimes they have lost their family members and in the same hour they return back to stand in front of the camera only for one purpose: to keep the world informed.”
Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon
