Several killed, wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza City, Maghazi camp
Israeli forces have bombed a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City in the north of the Strip, killing at least two people and wounding six others, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondents on the ground.
Israeli forces also launched air raids on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, killing and wounding several people, AJA reported.
Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel orders more evacuations
Palestinians packed their belongings on carts, trucks and other vehicles on Monday after the Israeli army issued orders to evacuate the Hamad area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza
Israelis demolish Gaza buildings to create ‘buffer zone’ for military corridor: Monitors
Palestinian fighters fired mortar shells at Israeli forces deployed on the Netzarim Corridor, located south of Gaza City, as Israeli combat engineers continued to demolish buildings in the vicinity of the corridor in what appears to be the creation of a “buffer zone”, war monitors report.
According to the latest situation report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), Israeli media reported in July that the buffer zone along the corridor would be 4km (2.5-mile) wide.
In southern Khan Younis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad reported detonating a minefield on Monday that targeted Israeli forces, and fighting continued to rage in the nearby city of Rafah where Hamas targeted an Israeli tank with an explosive charge designed to penetrate armour.
Palestinian fighters also fired on Israeli troops with sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, the ISW-CTP reported. At least three rockets were launched from Gaza on Monday in two separate attacks that targeted areas in Israel, the US-based defence think tanks said.
Deadly Israeli strikes continue across the Gaza Strip
In the last few hours, the Israeli army has hit Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza at least twice, in blocks five and nine of the camp.
In Block Nine, the Wafa news agency reports that two Palestinians, a father and his son, were killed. In Block Five, our Al Jazeera colleagues report, a number of people were killed and wounded when Israeli bombs hit a residential home. We do not have exact casualty numbers from this strike at this time, but we will update you as information comes in.
Also in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that the body of one person killed in an Israeli strike, along with several wounded people, were recovered from Deir el-Balah.
In the southern Gaza Strip, the civil defence announced the transfer of the bodies of two people to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after they were recovered from Rafah.
Two children killed near Deir el-Balah
Israeli forces have struck an apartment in al-Qastal Towers, near Deir el-Balah, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The attack killed at least four people, including two children, they report.
Earlier, we reported that at least one person had been killed and several others wounded by an Israeli air raid in the area.
Seven killed from Bureij home strike
Earlier, we brought you reports of several deadly strikes in Bureij refugee camp. The Palestinian Wafa news agency is now reporting that at least seven people have been killed from one attack targeting a residential home in the camp.
Gaza’s Civil Defence say they are continuing to search for more victims who may be trapped under the rubble.
Baby girl is sole survivor of overnight Khan Younis attack that killed 10: Report
Earlier, we reported that an overnight Israeli attack on a family home in Khan Younis killed 10 people. Now, it has emerged that the only survivor of the attack is a three-month-old baby girl, according to a medic cited by AFP news agency.
Named Rim, the baby girl lost both her parents and eight other family members to the attack. “This little girl was pulled out of the rubble. Her whole family is dead. Who will take care of her now?” asked local resident Ibrahim Barbakh.
Hamas fighters say Israeli tank hit in southern Gaza
The Qassam Brigades, the Palestinian group’s armed wing, says that it targeted a Merkava tank with an explosive device, specifically a barrel bomb, in the al-Zana area, in the eastern section of Khan Younis.
The Israeli army began a new offensive in eastern Khan Younis last week, displacing nearly 70,000 residents from their homes, according to the UN.
Qassam Brigades say they struck Tel Aviv with rockets
Hamas’s armed wing has said it targeted the coastal Israeli city and its “environs” with two M-90 rockets, which have a range of 90 km. In a statement on its official Telegram channel, the Brigades said “it was in retaliation for the massacres and forced displacement perpetrated by Israel”.
According to local news reports, explosions were heard in Tel Aviv but there were no reports of casualties.
