Israeli shelling of residential house kills three, injures six east of Khan Younis
Video footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad news agency shows the arrival of the three bodies and six injured people at Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.
Some of the injured suffered delays in being brought to hospital because the European Hospital – which was closest to them – was unable to treat patients due to an Israeli evacuation order issued for the east of Khan Younis.
Intense Israeli attacks continue across Gaza
- Israeli drones have shot at residents in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood. The area is also witnessing intense artillery shelling for the sixth consecutive day.
- In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes and artillery are targeting the northern areas of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Israel’s air attacks destroyed two houses there, killing two Palestinians, including a child.
- In southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, Israeli artillery continues to shell the eastern neighbourhoods of the city. At least eight Palestinians were killed in Israel’s air raids targeting several houses sheltering displaced people in the al-Fukhari, Qizan Abu Rashwan and Khuza’a areas.
- In Rafah, Israel’s warplanes bombed houses in the western neighbourhoods of the city, with artillery shelling continuing to pound most of the eastern and western areas.
Israeli army needs four weeks to complete operation in Rafah: Report
The Israeli army estimates that an additional four weeks are needed to complete its military operation in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, according to Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster.
The report claims the military needs several more weeks in order to eliminate the remaining tunnels in the city.
Al-Quds Brigades says it attacked Israeli forces in Gaza
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has said on Telegram that its fighters struck Israeli soldiers and vehicles with a barrage of mortar shells in the Shujayea neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City.
In a separate statement, the group said it attacked the Israeli “command and control headquarters” in the Abu Oreiban area in the so-called Netzarim Corridor with heavy-calibre mortar shells.
The corridor, named after the Netzarim Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was built by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from its southern part earlier in the war.
Qassam Brigades claims it killed Israeli troops in Shujayea
The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters have clashed with Israeli forces in the Shujayea neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City. A statement on Telegram claimed that a number of Israeli troops were killed and wounded in the clashes.
The group also said it targeted two Israeli Merkava 4 tanks with al-Yassin 105 rockets in Rafah city before an evacuation helicopter landed in the area.
Battles raging in Shujayea
There’s been no respite in the fighting on the ground as we continue to get statements from the military wing of Hamas saying they managed to ambush multiple Israeli forces who are trying to carry out a deep military incursion into the central areas of the Shujayea neighbourhood.
Different videos have been emerging from the battlezone there showing the Israeli military tanks being targeted as the Israeli forces are still operating till now inside that neighbourhood.
They are seeking to control that area despite their previous announcement that they managed to dismantle all sorts of military infrastructure in that area.
What we see is that battles are raging as the Israeli fighter jets continue to shell and hammer different residential buildings.
