Casualties after Israeli forces attack home in Gaza’s Jabalia
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report two Palestinians were killed and others injured after Israel’s military attacked a house in the al-Tawbah area of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Earlier, an Israeli air strike hit the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in northern Gaza City, killing at least three people and wounding dozens.
Dozens of people were reported killed in Israeli raids today, including 27 Palestinians who were taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
A boy carries his wounded sibling as they await treatment at Nasser Hospital
‘Yet another war crime’: Israel bombs Gaza City hospital
Combing through the rubble after an attack on a hospital complex in northern Gaza City, a civil defence agency worker condemned the latest medical facility attack by Israel’s army.
“This constitutes yet another war crime, added to the many crimes committed by the military in the Gaza Strip,” the unidentified man said in a video.
“The Israeli warplanes targeted and destroyed the building end-to-end at the al-Alhi Arab Hospital. It remains the only medical facility catering to patients and the wounded in Gaza City since al-Shifa Hospital was flattened by the army.”
He added, “This demands serious action from the international community to prevent further recurrence of these crimes.”
Israel refutes reports of a ceasefire in Gaza for polio campaign
The Israeli prime minister’s office has issued a statement on the upcoming vaccination drive in Gaza.
Here’s what it said:
- “Reports of a general ceasefire for polio vaccines in Gaza are false.”
- “Israel will allow only a humanitarian corridor through which the vaccinators will pass and demarcated areas will be established that will be safe for administering the vaccine for a few hours.”
- “Israel sees importance in preventing the outbreak of polio in the Gaza Strip including in order to prevent the spread of epidemics in the region.”
Palestinian man dies of ‘systematic torture’ in Israeli prison: Rights groups
A Gaza resident has died “of systematic torture” in an Israeli prison, bringing the total number of Palestinian detainees killed in custody since October to 24, rights groups say.
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced in a statement the “martyrdom of prisoner Nasr Zeyara, 65, from Gaza, in Ramla prison on August 16”.
“Zeyara is one of the many prisoners from Gaza who have died due to systematic torture, and the occupation continues to conceal the identities of the majority of them and to withhold their bodies,” the statement said.
He was arrested on December 29 last year, along with his son Jihad Zeyara, who is currently in Negev prison, it added, citing his family.
The groups noted “prisoners who were visited in Ramla prison confirmed that martyr Zeyara was transferred to Ramla prison a week before his death and was suffering from a complicated health condition, including burns on the lower part of his body”.
An activist holds a banner to support Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons
