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Palestinian fighters target Israeli forces with drone in southern Gaza: Monitors
Hamas fighters carried out a drone attack on Israeli forces operating to the east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, an area where Israel’s military has warned it will “act forcefully” due to continued rocket attacks on its territory, monitors said.
US-based defence think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) also report that a Palestinian splinter group – the Martyr Abd al-Qader al-Husseini Brigades – took part in a rocket attack with Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades on Thursday.
The joint operation targeted Israeli forces deployed on the Netzarim Corridor and marks another consecutive day of rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian armed groups in the area to the south of Gaza City.
Hamas fighters also launched rockets into southern Israel from Khan Younis again on Thursday, though Israel’s military said only that two missiles landed in open ground near the Kissufim area in Israel, which is located adjacent to central Gaza.
Woman, teenager among victims of Daraj attack
As we’ve been reporting, Israel’s military bombed a home in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood overnight, killing five people and injuring eight. Among those killed were a woman and her 13-year-old daughter, the Wafa news agency reports.
Victims of the attack have been brought to al-Ahli Arab Hospital for treatment, Wafa reports.
Where were Israel’s latest military strikes?
Israel’s latest bombing and artillery attacks have hit areas of north, central and southern Gaza overnight. According to the Wafa news agency, the attacks include:
- Bombardment of a family home in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood, killing five people and injuring eight, as per our earlier reports
- Air raid at the entrance to the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, killing one person
- Shelling of a home in Nuseirat area, killing one person, as we reported earlier
- Quadcopter attack east of Nuseirat, killing one person
- Shelling of homes in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood
- Shelling in western Rafah
- Bombing of a home in Bureij camp
No letup in attacks on Khan Younis
The Israeli military continues to attack the city of Khan Younis, creating more civilian casualties and forcing more people into displacement. Earlier this morning, people woke up to the sound of explosions and heavy artillery. They were literally running for their lives.
The new evacuation orders for the city are causing havoc, putting an already traumatised population under more stress.
Medic discovers own family members killed while responding to attack
Overnight attacks keep creating more tragedies, more death and more destruction.
A heartbreaking event took place in Jabalia camp last night. Ambulances, paramedics and civil defence crews were sent to a bombed house in the camp. As soon as they arrived, one of the paramedics realised it was his home, and that his family was inside. Seven members of his family were killed, including his mother and father.
This is a familiar pattern. During the war, doctors have seen their own children come into emergency rooms, while paramedics and ambulance drivers have picked up family members from bombed sites.
