Israeli military bombs home near Rafah, killing 2: Reports
The Israeli military has bombed a home north of Rafah in southern Gaza, killing at least two people, according to local media reports.
An unspecified number of people have also been injured in the strike, which targeted the al-Masry family in the Musabbeh area of Rafah.
Israelis hit with sniper fire, rockets, explosives in Gaza City neighbourhood: Monitors
Fighters with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) attacked Israeli forces in the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza City with sniper fire, rocket-propelled grenades and powerful explosively-formed penetrators on Friday, war monitors report.
PIJ fighters also targeted Israeli forces stationed along the Netzarim Corridor – located south of Gaza City – with mortar shelling, the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.
Israeli forces continued “clearing operations” in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and Rafah cities and Israel’s air force said it carried out 45 strikes against targets in the Strip between Friday and Saturday.
PIJ fighters also launched a barrage of rockets towards southern Israel’s coastal city of Ashkelon, but Israeli authorities said one missile was intercepted and others fell in open areas without causing damage or casualties, the ISW/CTP report in their latest Gaza battlefield assessment.
Israeli attack helicopters strike area south of Gaza City
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that helicopter gunships attacked an area northeast of al-Shuhada junction, located near the Netzarim area south of Gaza City.
There were no initial reports of casualties.
Death toll rises after Israeli strike near Rafah city
The death toll from an Israeli military strike on a home in the Musabbeh area north of Rafah city has risen to at least five, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting.
Five bodies recovered after Israeli attack on family home in Bureij
Five bodies have been retrieved from the home of the al-Yemeni family following the Israeli bombing of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza a day earlier, according to Palestinian media.
انتشال شهداء من منزل عائلة اليمني في البريج وسط قطاع غزة. pic.twitter.com/15cfZb9Zyy
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 27, 2024
Child dies in Deir el-Balah from malnutrition, dehydration
A child has died in Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza due to dehydration and malnutrition, our colleagues on the ground report.
Several UN human rights experts have warned that there is “no doubt” famine already exists across the Strip.
In April, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that 32 people, including 28 children, had died of malnutrition and dehydration at hospitals in northern Gaza.
