Four killed in latest Israeli attack on Nuseirat, 2 killed in Khan Younis
The Israeli military has bombed a home on Salah al-Din Street, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least four people, the Wafa news agency reports.
Fire breaks out in tent near Khan Younis; three people killed
Three displaced people have been killed in a fire that broke out inside a tent in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports.
Israeli shelling targets central and western Rafah
Israeli artillery shelling has targeted Yibna and Shaboura camps in central Rafah, an Al Jazeera correspondent reports. Israeli helicopters have also bombed the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood west of Rafah, they said.
Israeli army pressuring Hamas in various forms: Army chief
Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi says the military is exerting pressure on Hamas in “different forms”. Military actions in southern Rafah are different from how the army is operating in Gaza City’s Shujayea district as well as in other areas of central Gaza, he said, while visiting troops in the Strip.
“We seek to destroy as many terrorist structures as possible and ultimately kill as many Hamas members and leaders as possible,” read an army statement. “These measures will reduce Hamas’s capabilities and allow us to advance in achieving achievements,” he said.
Hamas releases video of combat in Gaza City
The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group, has shared video showing its fighters engaging Israeli forces in Gaza City, in the northern Strip.
The footage shows them booby-trapping roads with explosive devices and detonating them under Israeli army D-9 military bulldozers and tanks, as well as using a shoulder-fired rocket to attack an Israeli army position inside a building.
The Israeli army renewed a ground offensive against the city in late June, starting first in the city’s eastern Shujayea neighbourhood; but this week, tanks also moved to central and western districts, forcing tens of thousands of civilians to flee southwards.
