Eight killed following Israeli strike on home in Gaza City
We reported earlier that the Israeli military had bombed the al-Daya family home in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Local media is now reporting that at least eight people have been killed in that attack, including two children.
We also reported that at least four people had been killed following a separate strike on the al-Jamasi family home in the al-Sahaba area of Gaza City.
Gaza’s Civil Defence confirms 16 people killed in recent hours
The official spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defence has confirmed that at least 16 people have been killed in three separate Israeli strikes in northern Gaza in the early hours of this morning.
The attacks include:
- Eight were killed, including two children, in an attack on the al-Daya family home in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
- Four were killed in an attack on the Jalhoum family home in the al-Alami area of the Jabalia refugee camp.
- Four were killed in an attack on the al-Jamasi family home in the al-Sahaba area of Gaza City.
Palestinians flee the Khan Younis area on Monday night after Israeli forces attacked eastern areas of the city following an evacuation order issued just minutes earlier
83 percent of Gaza under evacuation orders or declared ‘no-go zones’: UN
The Israeli army’s latest mass evacuation order for Khan Younis in southern Gaza covers about 8.7sq km (3.35sq miles) of territory and reduces the so-called al-Mawasi “humanitarian zone” by 15 percent of its original size, the UN reports.
As of Monday, almost 83 percent of the Gaza Strip is now under evacuation orders or designated as “no-go zones” by the Israeli military, the UN said.
Those fleeing Khan Younis – where at least 70 people were killed by Israeli forces within minutes of issuing the evacuation order on Monday – appear to be heading towards the already overcrowded Deir el-Balah and western areas of Khan Younis.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also reports that Gaza is “now surviving with only a fourth of the water” that previously supplied the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million people.
► Yet another evacuation order issued in #Gaza.
► Nasser hospital faces a new mass casualty influx, amid a dire lack of blood units, medical supplies and beds.
► Water supply at 25% of pre-war times.
► Aid convoy comes under fire.
Latest update: https://t.co/1HmrYcRapl pic.twitter.com/oqjzvZNdRq
— OCHA oPt (Palestine) (@ochaopt) July 22, 2024
Death toll from Israeli assault on Khan Younis rises
The death toll from an Israeli military assault on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza has risen to 77, the Wafa news agency reports.
More than 30 people remain missing under the rubble following Monday’s bombardment, according to Wafa, while about 200 people have been injured.
Previously, we reported that at least 70 people were killed in the attack on eastern areas of the city, which began only minutes after the Israeli military had issued mass evacuation orders for Palestinian civilians.
The Palestinian Civil Defence has said the new evacuation order affects more than 400,000 people.
A Palestinian boy hugs a pair of shoes as he cries while members of the Abu Taha family, killed in an Israel attack on Khan Younis in southern Gaza, are brought for burial on Monday
