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SvennoJ on 04 July 2024
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Aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Old City market in Gaza City


Palestinians gather as rescuers search for casualties at the site of Israeli attacks that hit a residential building and destroyed shops at Gaza’s Old City market

Qassam Brigades reports ambush on Israeli soldiers in Shujayea

The armed wing of Hamas has claimed multiple attacks on Israeli troops and vehicles in the past few hours in northern Gaza, specifically the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujayea that was invaded last week.

The Qassam Brigades said its fighters lured Israeli soldiers into a “tight ambush” and engaged in a firefight, killing and wounding several. It said its fighters “monitored the helicopter landing to evacuate them”.

The group also said it fired a SAM 7 missile toward an Israeli-operated Apache helicopter in the skies of Shujayea, without reporting a hit.

It also claimed to fire rockets at Israeli positions near Gaza city, and to successfully hit three Merkava tanks with anti-armour explosives.

 

Casualties as Israel bombs UN schools

Multiple casualties are reported after the Israeli military directed air raids against a UN-run school housing displaced in northern Gaza. The Israeli military confirmed the attack on this school, along with another also in Gaza City, claiming they were used by Hamas as “hideouts and operational bases”.

Displaced Palestinians running out of space to shelter: UN

As bombing continued overnight into Thursday in Gaza, some of the tens of thousands of Palestinians uprooted as a result of the Israeli military invasion have had to turn back after finding nowhere to shelter, according to the UN.

Many thousands are sheltering in UNRWA schools and government buildings, but others “are already beginning to turn back, telling us of lack of spaces in other areas”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said.

UNRWA also reiterated warnings that living conditions are “beyond unbearable”, because of the mountains of waste and rubbish piled high alongside roads and near makeshift shelters.

The UN says an estimated 85,000 have left Shujayea district in the last week, while by Tuesday, at least 66,700 more had been displaced from eastern Khan Younis and Rafah in the south following new Israeli evacuation orders issued on Monday evening.