War goes on
Israeli artillery attacks hit Gaza City neighbourhood
The artillery shelling is intensifying in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The attacks come after Israeli warplanes bombed a residential home in the same neighbourhood yesterday, killing two civilians and injuring others.
Four children among those killed in latest attack on Rafah
It was an extremely bloody night in Rafah. A residential building was destroyed. At least six Palestinians have been reported killed, including four children.
The attack was carried out after midnight, without any prior warning. It was close to the house I’m sheltering in, in the north of Rafah. The entire area felt the shaking of the bombardment. Those who have been injured have been transported by ambulance to the Kuwaiti Hospital.
Other areas of Gaza have been widely attacked as well, including the Bureij refugee camp, where nine Palestinians have been reported injured. There is also ongoing artillery bombardment of the southeastern part of Gaza City, including the Zeitoun neighbourhood. Eyewitnesses there say constant shelling is targeting residential homes and farmland.
Amid the ongoing bombardment, the humanitarian situation has not significantly changed. Within the past 24 hours, only 212 aid trucks have been allowed into the territory from the Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossings, which is not sufficient to meet the immense needs of Gaza’s population.
Death toll from overnight Rafah attack rises to 7 including 4 children
The death toll from an overnight air strike on a home in northern Rafah has now risen to seven, with four of the victims being children, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum has reported from the southern Gaza district.
Elsewhere in Rafah, especially to the east, there has been a “surge in air strikes and artillery bombardment,” said Abu Azzoum
Israeli military attacks have also intensified in parts of northern Gaza, such as Sheikh Ijlin neighbourhood, as well as in central Gaza, where witnesses say there is “constant intensive artillery bombardment”, according to Abu Azzoum.
“A number of casualties have been transferred to Al-Aqsa Hospital,” he said.
Israeli strike destroys municipal building near Khan Younis
An Israeli air raid has targeted the headquarters of Abasan municipality, located to the east of Khan Younis city, completely destroying it, reported our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 34,622 Palestinians have been killed and 77,867 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says.
The ministry added that 26 people were killed and 51 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Palestinian hillside: Report
The settlers have reached Jabal al-Urma, a hill on the outskirts of the Palestinian town of Beita in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency.
Within the town of Beita, sirens have gone off warning residents of a potential settler attack, according to Wafa.
UK sanctions Israeli groups for violence in West Bank
The United Kingdom has announced new sanctions on “extremist Israeli groups” and a number of individuals who it said were behind violence in the occupied West Bank, according to a statement by the UK foreign ministry.
“This latest package of sanctions targets two groups leading these attacks, and four individuals who are directly responsible for egregious violence against Palestinian civilians,” it said.
The Israeli authorities must clamp down on those responsible for the attacks in question, the statement added.
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