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SvennoJ on 09 September 2024
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Israeli army pressing on with northern Gaza attacks

There is a clear concentration around the north of the Gaza Strip.

One of the latest barrages of strikes hit a residential house in Jabalia, killing six Palestinians, including a woman and two children. The attack left behind a swathe of destruction, with Civil Defence workers trying to recover victims under the rubble.

We have also been hearing from witnesses in the north of the Strip that they have been getting new evacuation orders – but they are saying that they have no other places to go to and they are just moving between neighbourhoods.


Israeli army says UN convoy detained in Gaza

The army says in a brief statement that it has detained a United Nations convoy in northern Gaza, claiming it has intelligence that a “number of Palestinian suspects are present” in it.

The army detained the convoy in order to “question the suspects”, it said, adding that this is not a convoy containing polio vaccines. “The event is not over yet,” the statement concludes.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that the organisation is aware “of an ongoing incident involving UN personnel and vehicles” and was working to establish the facts. He said the top UN priority “is the safety and security of our colleagues” in the Gaza Strip.


Israeli bombs kill five in north Gaza

Gaza’s Civil Defence says that five people, including two women and a child, were killed by an Israeli bombardment that targeted a residential apartment building in the west of Gaza City.

Medical sources told Al Jazeera that the death toll from today’s attacks on the Gaza Strip is now 33.


Israeli bulldozers damage UN convoy ‘stopped at gun point’ for 8 hours

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says it is not clear if a polio vaccine campaign will go ahead in northern Gaza tomorrow, after Israeli forces detained and threatened UN staff on their way to begin the rollout.

“The convoy was stopped at gun point just after the Wadi Gaza checkpoint with threats to detain UN staff,” Lazzarini said, in a post on X, adding that “heavy damage was caused by bulldozers to the UN armoured vehicles.”

Palestinian and international staff travelling with the convoy were detained for more than eight hours but have now been released and are safely back at the UN base, he added.

We reported earlier that the Israeli army said it was detaining a UN convoy to question “Palestinian suspects” and claimed the convoy was not transporting polio vaccines.