Palestinian fighters launch 24 attacks on Israeli forces in Shujayea: Monitors
Palestinian fighters have carried out at least 24 attacks on Israeli forces, who began advancing into Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood on Thursday, US-based defence think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.
The rate of attacks by Palestinian fighters in Shujayea compares with the Israeli ground invasion of Jabalia in May, which saw 33 attacks launched against Israeli forces in the first 24 hours in what became some of the toughest combat Israeli forces had faced since their ground invasion of Gaza.
In their latest daily update on fighting in Gaza, the joint ISW/CTP report also notes that Palestinian fighters on Friday carried out an attack with rocket-propelled grenades on Israeli troops and a combat outpost located to the south of Gaza City.
In southern Gaza, Palestinian fighters continued to put up a defence in Rafah on Friday with Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade conducting rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli troops in the city, and a Hamas sniper killing a soldier in the city’s east.
Battles rage in North Gaza as Palestinian fighters ambush Israeli troops
Palestinian fighters engaged Israeli forces in fierce battles in northern Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood a day after tanks and troops rolled in and sent tens of thousands of terrified civilians fleeing.
The Israeli military has flattened the entire residential area, leaving Shujayea a ghost city with barely any traces of human life.
Bodies in the streets after Israeli offensive in Shujayea
Palestinian fighters engaged Israeli forces in fierce battles in northern Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood, a day after tanks and troops rolled in and sent tens of thousands of terrified civilians fleeing.
Shujayea used to be a densely populated neighbourhood, bustling with life. But the Israeli military has flattened the entire area during two ground offensives, leaving it a ghost city with barely any traces of human life, reports Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul.
“The entire area has been totally destroyed, levelled by the Israeli occupation forces. Troops carried out two ground offensives into Shujaiya. Now, there is no sign of human life,” al-Ghoul said. “It’s now a ghost city.”
As al-Ghoul and an Al Jazeera crew was filming, they found a body lying in the middle of what once was a temporary shelter. No one was able to approach the body to bury it for fear of being targeted by Israeli forces.
The man’s body was one of several corpses found lying on the ground, in addition to many injured victims stranded without any assistance.
Four family members killed while gathering water
In the past hour, the Israeli forces targeted a group of Palestinians (in Gaza City) trying to fill up water containers in one of the water distribution points. Four Palestinians from the same family, the al-Ghazi family, were killed in this shelling. Among them was a child.
We saw a video online showing the child in the arms of his father, covered with blood, lying on the ground before the paramedics were able to go and transfer them to the hospital.
Appeals made online for Palestinians trapped in Shujayea neighbourhood
The al-Ghazi family was trying to fill up gallons of water in Gaza City when artillery shelling targeted them.
There were a lot of appeals online, calls for Palestinians trapped in the Shujayea neighbourhood, not being able to leave their houses. Most of them have been injured by Israeli artillery.
They’re trapped in the house not being able to leave, because the Israeli forces are targeting anyone who tries to leave or move with quadcaptors and drones.
Gaza’s death toll rises
At least 37,834 people have been killed and 86,858 wounded in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since October 7, the enclave’s Health Ministry says. Of those, 40 Palestinians were killed and 224 wounded in the past 24-hour reporting period, the ministry added.
