Israeli strike on central Gaza home kills woman
An Israeli attack targeting a home in central Gaza’s Bureij camp has killed a Palestinian woman and injured others, report our colleagues on the ground. It follows our reports of an earlier strike near a power station in the nearby Nuseirat area, which killed at least two, according to Wafa.
Palestinian footballer, family killed in Israeli air strike: Report
Football player Ahmad Abu al-Atta has been killed, along with his wife and two children, in an air strike that hit their Gaza City home, according to the Palestinian Football Association (PFA).
The strike took place on Friday, local media reported today.
Abu al Atta, 34, was a defender for the enclave’s Al-Ahly Gaza football team. His wife, Ruba Esmael Abu al-Atta, was a medical professional, the PFA said in a statement.
Abu al Atta’s death adds to the toll of more than 300 athletes, referees, and sports officials who have been killed since the Gaza war started, Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, said earlier this month.
Palestinians cope with daily hardship in Gaza’s destroyed Khan Younis
Israeli tanks approach edge of al-Mawasi camp: Report
Israeli tanks have pushed to the perimeter of al-Mawasi evacuation zone, where tens of thousands of displaced people have taken shelter, amid clashes with Hamas fighters, reports Reuters quoting locals.
“The fighting with the resistance has been intense,” one unnamed resident told Reuters. “The occupation forces are overlooking the al-Mawasi area now, which forced families there to head for Khan Younis.”
The military advance comes days after an Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi killed 25 people and wounded more than 50.
Qassam Brigades target Israeli soldiers, military vehicles in Rafah
The armed wing of Hamas, Qassam Brigades, says that its fighters and others from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades have shelled an area where a group of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles had been stationed in Yibna refugee camp in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.
The group also said that its fighters destroyed an “Ofek” armoured personnel carrier with a rocket west of the Tal Zourob neighbourhood in Rafah.
“As soon as other forces came to their aid, fighters targeted them” with homemade 114mm short-range “Rajum” rockets, it added.
