Two Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza City
Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli bombing of a home belonging to the Zion family in the west of Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting.
The attack comes after a day of Israeli bombardment killed dozens of Palestinians across Gaza, predominantly in Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Gaza City.
شهيدان في قصف إسرائيلي لمنزل يعود لعائلة صهيون غربي مدينة غزة #حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/2IjfTbRZAw
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) August 27, 2024
Translation: Two martyrs in Israeli bombing of a house belonging to the Zion family west of Gaza City.
Eight Palestinians killed in Khan Younis
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondents on the ground are reporting that the victims were killed in Israeli bombings targeting two homes in the eastern and southern parts of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli army reports soldier killed in Gaza
Amit Friedman, 19, from Or Yehuda, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip, the army has said in a statement.
Palestinian fighters continue to target Israel with rocket attacks: Monitors
More than 10 months into Israel’s war on Gaza and its full invasion by ground forces, war monitors report that Palestinian fighters continue to fire rockets from the battered territory towards military targets in Israel.
In the latest battlefield update from US-based defence think tanks – the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project – rocket launches were reported on Tuesday from both Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
According to the ISW-CTP joint report, the rockets were aimed at three Israeli military sites located inside Israeli territory to the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. There were no reports of deaths or injuries from the firing of the unguided missiles.
Three killed in az-Zawayda car strike
An Israeli air strike has hit a car in central Gaza’s az-Zawayda area, killing three people and injuring others, report our colleagues on the ground. A photo shared by local media shows a crowd of Palestinians getting ready to cover the body of one of the victims at the scene, where a burned-out car lies.
The attack comes after our earlier reports of eight people killed by Israeli bombardment of two homes in Khan Younis.
Another Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza
Photojournalist Mohammed Abd Rabbo was killed in an Israeli air attack that hit his sister’s home in the Nuseirat refugee camp earlier this morning.
Rabbo’s sister was also killed in the attack.
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate said Israeli forces have killed 161 media workers and wounded 186 others in Gaza and the occupied West Bank since October 7. Some 51 others have been arrested.
The body of Mohammed Abd Rabbo is brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on August 28
