Three killed, 12 injured in Israeli attacks on southern Gaza City
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting several casualties from two separate Israeli artillery attacks on Gaza City.
Two people were killed and five injured in the first attack on a residential apartment of the Kashkawa family in al-Rayes neighbourhood near al-Sinaa junction, south of Gaza City.
At least one was killed and seven others injured in the second attack on the Tatar family home near the Tayaran junction, south of Gaza City.
Israeli soldier seriously wounded in Gaza
An Israeli soldier is receiving medical treatment after being “seriously injured in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip”, the Israeli military said in a post on X.
Injured Palestinians forced to evacuate al-Ahli Hospital
Medical staff at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City have evacuated injured Palestinians from the facility after the Israeli military ordered residents of the city’s several eastern neighbourhoods to flee their homes, according to the Anadolu news agency.
The injured were taken to other hospitals in northern areas of the enclave, the agency reported citing a medical source. “The source said Israeli quadcopter drones were heavily present around the hospital, firing at civilians and prompting the medical teams to evacuate the hospital,” it added.
The UN says Israel’s war on Gaza has put some 21 of the enclave’s 36 hospitals out of service.
Another child dies of starvation in Gaza
The Wafa news agency is reporting that a six-year-old child has died of starvation, dehydration and a lack of medical supplies at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza. The child’s death takes the total number of Palestinians who’ve died from malnutrition since Israel’s war on Gaza to 41, the agency said.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said in June that more than 50,000 children in the Gaza Strip require immediate medical treatment for acute malnutrition.
Israeli raid kills women and children in Jabalia
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli air raid hit a home in Jabalia in northern Gaza. Many of those killed were women and children. Civil defence crews are still searching for several people missing under the rubble.
