Israel announces death of soldier in Gaza
The Israeli military says Sergeant Amit Tsadikov, 20, was killed in a battle in southern Gaza.
Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Deir el-Balah
Medical sources in Gaza have told Al Jazeera that eight people, including women and children, were killed in one Israeli attack overnight in the eastern part of Deir el-Balah. Six of the Palestinians killed are reported to be from the same family.
Witnesses reported that there was a drone attack before a large bomb was dropped by an Israeli jet.
WHO says nearly 15,000 Gaza children are acutely malnourished
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it screened some 240,000 children between six months and five years of age for malnutrition in the Gaza Strip since the start of the year.
“Of all children screened, 14,750 were diagnosed with acute malnutrition, of them, 3,288 diagnosed with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM),” the UN’s health agency said.
Israeli attacks keep on causing more civilian causalities
It is hard to keep up with the atrocities committed by the Israeli army in the eastern part of central Gaza as well as the northwestern part of the Khan Younis city.
The weekend has been violent and bloody. The attacks caused more civilian causalities, including women and children. The Israeli army also seems to be widening its targeted list, including the World Central Kitchen employees, who were attacked by quadcopters in the central area.
The Israeli army has withdrawn partially from the eastern part of the Deir el-Balah city in central Gaza. According to witnesses, they left trails of destruction and devastation, including homes, mosques and public buildings.
Close to 70 percent of buildings in Gaza’s Hamad City destroyed
The Israeli military has left a massive trail of destruction in the wake of its pounding of the Hamad City development in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis that has killed or displaced many Palestinians. Yamen Abu Sulaima, civil defence spokesman in Khan Younis, told Al Jazeera that “the destruction is big and the suffering is even bigger” in the area made up of many residential complexes.
“Hamad City is almost a distress area, close to 70 percent of the buildings are destroyed. Our crews are hoping to recover some of the bodies. But the civil defence crews lack heavy machinery. We really need it in these situations,” he said.
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Gaza’s death toll rises
At least 40,405 people have been killed and 93,468 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. Of those, 71 Palestinians were killed and 112 wounded in the past 24-hour reporting period, the Health Ministry said.
