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Palestinian armed groups collaborating in combined mortar attacks in Gaza: Monitors
Palestinian armed groups have continued to attack Israeli forces, command posts and supply lines along the Netzarim Corridor south of Gaza City, with fighters from three separate groups firing mortar shells at the Israeli-built military access road on Monday, monitors report.
The corridor – which cuts through the Gaza Strip east to west and was built by the Israelis to allow for the rapid deployment of troops – has come under daily attack over recent weeks, US-based defence think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.
In southern Khan Younis, fighters with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Mujahideen Brigades carried out a combined mortar attack on Israeli forces operating in the east of the city, the ISW-CTP report, while the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades mortared troops operating in the nearby az-Zanna area.
The National Resistance Brigades also mortared Israeli soldiers near the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday.
Three killed by Israeli shelling in Gaza City
Three Palestinians have been killed in a dawn strike by the Israeli army on Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, Wafa news agency reports. Others were injured in the attack, Wafa’s report says, in which Israeli warplanes hit a house belonging to the Khaziq family.
Israeli forces also shelled the Islamic complex in the Sabra neighbourhood.
Attack drones hover over skies of central Gaza, Khan Younis
The skies of central Gaza and eastern Khan Younis, according to local reports, are clouded with surveillance and attack drones, creating a very intimidating atmosphere for people.
The way these drones launch their attacks is unpredictable. In many cases, people have been on the streets walking by a building or driving their car when an attack killed or critically injured them.
The Israeli military has launched many of these attacks without any prior warning, disregarding the lives of civilians, including women and children.
Israel’s military claims to kill 20 fighters in Rafah
In its latest war update, Israel’s military says it has targeted and “eliminated” numerous fighters in Rafah and Khan Younis, while destroying extensive military infrastructure.
Twenty of the fighters it struck were based in Rafah, the military said, while an undisclosed number were in Khan Yonis. It identified one of those in Khan Younis as a “tactical-level” operative with Palestinian Islamic Jihad who had fired projectiles towards Israel.
In its last day of operations, Israel’s air force also destroyed 30 Hamas sites, including explosive-rigged structures and weapons depots, the military said.
Israel’s latest military attacks in Gaza have also killed numerous civilians, including three children by shelling in Khan Younis.
UNRWA rebuilds critical water well in Khan Younis
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has restored a major water well in Khan Younis that was destroyed months ago by Israeli military operations.
The well now serves as the largest supply of drinking water for displaced Palestinians in the area, pumping out more than 500 cubic metres (17,657 cubic feet) of water per day, said the agency.
Despite its impact, water access in most of Gaza remains scarce, with many families “forced to travel huge distances in sweltering temperatures for such a basic need”, said UNRWA spokeswoman Louise Wateridge.
“Others are not able to access [clean drinking water] at all, forcing them to survive on dirty water,” she added.
This @UNRWA water well in Khan Younis #Gaza was completely destroyed by ongoing military operations just a few months ago
Today, it has become the largest source of drinking water for displaced families in the area after @UNRWA teams worked tirelessly to repair it during the war pic.twitter.com/yhSqsNh9Np
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 15, 2024
