226 buildings in West Bank destroyed or damaged by Israeli army in April: PA
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Public Works and Housing says almost half of the structures (101) destroyed or damaged during Israeli raids are located in the Nablus governorate, mainly in the villages of Qusra and Duma.
The rest are in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem (82) and in the Ramallah area (43).
The ministry said 54,000sq metres (580,000sq ft) of infrastructure has also been destroyed by Israeli forces during raids into Tulkarem and Jenin in April.
Water tank severely damaged in Tal al-Hawa: Gaza City Municipality
The Municipality of Gaza says the water tank in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City has been severely damaged in Israeli bombing.
About 40 wells and 42,000 metres (46,000 yards) of water pipelines have been damaged in Israeli attacks, it said.
Severe damage has struck the water tank in Tal Al-Hawa area as a result of last night's bombardment by the Israel.
The ongoing bombing has inflicted extensive and far-reaching destruction on water infrastructure since the beginning of the aggression and genocide war.… https://t.co/uOlt3yGLZh
— بلدية غزة - Municipality of Gaza (@munigaza) May 12, 2024
Victims unrecognisable due to traumatic injuries: Volunteer surgeon
Mohammed Tahir, an orthopaedic surgeon from London volunteering in Gaza with the charity FAJR Scientific, says it has been “quite horrific” to witness some of the injured victims that arrive at the European Gaza Hospital in Rafah.
“You have some really horrific injuries where people come and are not recognisable as a human being any more; they are simply lumps of flesh who have obviously died,” he told Al Jazeera.
“This not only exists for adults, but also children. It is horrific to witness firsthand. I’d only ever seen this level of trauma in photos; seeing it in the flesh is quite horrific. “I’ve seen women and children as well as men all being cut down, with no preference for one demographic or the other.
“Many victims are dead on arrival and go immediately to the mortuary. Ambulances cannot evacuate many of the injured. The strikes happen often at night when people are gripped with fear and no one can get to them.”
He urged the world to “please try to bring this conflict to an end”.
Israeli raids target northern Gaza
Footage shared by a local Palestinian activist has captured an Israeli raid in the Jabalia camp. Verified by Al Jazeera, the video shows shells dropping near the activist as people run frantically for cover.
Israeli tanks have started to go deeper into the Jabalia refugee camp as part of a new offensive in northern Gaza, according to our correspondent.
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Israeli military reports deadly fighting, air strikes across Gaza
The Israeli military says it has directed its fighter jets to hit dozens of targets used by armed Palestinian groups in Jabalia in northern Gaza to support its latest ground invasion of the area amid what it says is a resurgence of Hamas.
In eastern Rafah, where Israeli ground troops are advancing, the army said its Givati Brigade located and destroyed a number of tunnels and rocket launchers. The Israeli military also said it killed a number of Palestinian fighters in the area.
In the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City in the north of the Strip, it reported close-quarters combat during which Palestinian fighters were killed and weapons were found.
The intensifying Israeli military strikes have killed dozens of Palestinians civilians in the past day.
Qassam Brigades claims hit on Israeli forces in northern Gaza
Hamas’s armed wing says it has hit a group of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the al-Mabhouh area east of the Jabalia refugee camp with heavy-calibre mortar shells. Additionally, the group said it shelled Israeli forces in a house in eastern Jabalia, causing casualties.
The armed wing of Hamas has said on its Telegram channel that, since this morning, its fighters have:
- Attacked nine Merkava tanks and armoured vehicles
- Blown up a boobytrapped house with Israeli soldiers inside
- Targeted a group of Israeli special forces inside a house with TBG shells
- Attacked a tank using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
- Shelled the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot in southern Israel
- Shelled groups of soldiers and army vehicles
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