Israeli raids and shelling target areas west of Rafah
An Al Jazeera correspondent reports that Israeli raids and artillery shelling have targeted areas west of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.
Child killed by artillery fire in az-Zawayda
Israeli artillery shelling has hit a family home in the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, killing a child, report our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. Further north, in the Shati refugee camp, Israeli strikes have killed several more Palestinians, our colleagues report.
Their killings add to dozens of civilian casualties in Gaza today, most concentrated in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp.
Israeli army: 24 soldiers injured in 24 hours
The Israeli army says 24 of its soldiers have been injured during the past 24 hours, 16 of them during battles in Gaza.
It said the number of injured among its ranks had risen to 3,754 officers and soldiers since the beginning of the war, including 1,895 who had been injured since the start of the ground attack on Gaza.
A total of 644 Israeli officers and soldiers have been killed since the start of the conflict, including 293 in ground battles in Gaza, according to data from the Israeli army, which faces accusations from Israelis of concealing a larger toll of its dead and wounded.
Al-Aqsa Hospital ‘a sinking ship’ after latest attacks
Karin Huster, MSF’s medical referent in Gaza, warns the hospital in Deir el-Balah is again stretched beyond capacity amid new ground-and-air assaults on refugee camps in central Gaza.
“As Israeli military strikes continued last night in the Middle Area, al-Aqsa Hospital is barely coping with the influx of patients and dead people,” Huster said in a statement. “It’s a scene of devastation. This hospital is a sinking ship.
“The scene inside the emergency room of al-Aqsa Hospital is even worse than yesterday. They had no chance to re-organise after yesterday’s mass influx of casualties, and now they have been struck with another,” she added.
“And yet, the medical staff is saying ‘we are not giving up on our patients’, and I can definitely see that. I am just not sure for how long it will be sustainable.”
Wounded Palestinians receive treatment at Al-Aqsa Hospital after Israeli attacks
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