Seven Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza
The Israeli military confirms that seven of its soldiers have suffered injuries in the Gaza Strip, including four who were in serious condition.
The troops are from a reserve armoured brigade and are believed to have been wounded by an explosive device.
Five police officers killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza
Gaza’s Interior Ministry says that five members of the police were killed this afternoon in an Israeli air raid targeting the vehicle they were travelling in.
“The Israeli occupation continues its crimes against our people, as well as its direct targeting of members of the police force as part of its efforts to strike the home front and spread chaos in the Gaza Strip,” the ministry says.
“We call on the international community to put pressure on the occupation to stop its direct and repeated targeting of police officers, as they are civil protection personnel, as targeting them is a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”
Israeli military claims school attacks killed Hamas commander
The Israeli military claims that in its air strikes on two schools in northern Gaza yesterday that killed at least 30 people, it succeeded in killing a local Hamas commander.
It says that Jaber Aziz, who was allegedly the commander of the Gaza City-based Sheikh Radwan Battalion, was killed along with a number of other Palestinian fighters.
It claims that the commander played a “significant role” in planning the October 7 attacks and he personally participated in them.
PRCS paramedics transport victims after Khan Younis attack
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has released footage showing its paramedics treating and transporting six injured Palestinians, including children, after an Israeli attack in southern Gaza.
🚑The Palestine Red Crescent teams provided first aid to six injured individuals, including children, and transported them from the Bani Suheila roundabout area in #KhanYunis to PRCS Al-Amal Hospital.
📷Footage by volunteer: Atta Allah Ghaith pic.twitter.com/zzbZ1jj0UQ
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) August 5, 2024
Qassam Brigades claims Israeli casualties in booby-trapped tunnel explosion
The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters succeeded in blowing up a tunnel rigged with explosives in the southern part of the Gaza Strip with an Israeli unit in the vicinity.
The Qassam Brigades added that it killed and wounded soldiers in the attack that took place in a neighbourhood east of Rafah.
The group had earlier released a video showing its fighters carrying out mortar attacks in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood west of Rafah.
كتائب القسـ.ـام تنشر مقطعا مصورا لما قالت إنه لقصف قوات الاحتلال في حي تل السلطان غرب مدينة رفح بقذائف الهاون#حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/qqOoU7n7SF
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) August 5, 2024
Translation: Al-Qassam Brigades publishes a video clip of what it said was the bombing of the occupation forces in the Tal as-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, with mortar shells.
Israeli military rejects that most Hamas fighting capability still in play
The Israeli military has rejected findings of a CNN investigation that says only three Hamas battalions have been rendered unable to launch military operations in Gaza.
“From the intelligence and findings on the ground, most of the Hamas Brigades have been dismantled. It is estimated that most of the battalions are at a low level of competency and can no longer function as a military framework,” the military said in response to an inquiry cited by the Times of Israel.
The investigation found that eight of the 24 Hamas battalions are still able to carry out missions, with a further 13 battalions “degraded” but still partly operational despite 10 months of non-stop Israeli attacks.
