Israel military bombs tents in al-Mawasi ‘humanitarian zone’, killing at least 7: Report
The Israeli military has bombed tents belonging to displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, northwest of Rafah in Gaza, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more, the Wafa news agency reports.
Wafa reports that tents also caught fire following the strike in al-Mawasi, which the Israeli military has previously designated as a humanitarian zone for civilians displaced by attacks elsewhere in Gaza.
The Israeli military has also bombed tents southwest of the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to Wafa, with no casualties reported so far.
Israeli forces have also bombed the Saudi neighbourhood west of Rafah in southern Gaza and several homes in al-Mughraqa, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, with no confirmed casualties so far.
Death toll updated for Israeli strike in Gaza City, at least 6 killed
An Israeli air attack on a home in Gaza City has killed at least six people, including women and children, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting. Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had bombed the Abu Safiya family home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in the north of Gaza City.
There have also been reports of Israeli naval boats firing heavy artillery at the western areas of the Beach Camp in Gaza City.
استشهاد ستة فلسطينيين بينهم أطفال ونساء وإصابة آخرين في قصف إسرائيلي استهدف شقة سكنية داخل منزل في حي الشيخ رضوان شمال مدينة غزة | تقرير: إسماعيل الغول #الأخبار #حرب_غزة pic.twitter.com/Rle7L9L0TC
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Translation: Six Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a residential apartment inside a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City | Report: Ismail Al-Ghoul
White House denies Netanyahu claim that US holding up weapons shipments
The Biden administration has bristled at claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US is withholding sending weapons for Israel’s war on Gaza.
“Let me just start off by saying that we genuinely do not know what he’s talking about,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reports.
With the exception of “one particular shipment of munitions”, Jean-Pierre said, “there are no other pauses. None”.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken had said earlier on Tuesday that Washington is “continuing to review one shipment” of 2,000-pound (907kg) US bombs for Israel’s military over fears the massive explosive would be used in Israel’s current attack on Rafah city, where tens of thousands of civilians remain sheltering despite more than 1 million fleeing the Israeli military onslaught.
In a video statement, Netanyahu said that while he appreciated US support during the Gaza crisis, he also said he told Blinken, “It’s inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel.”
Palestinian children collect an empty US ammunition container discarded by Israeli forces in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16
