Israel shells bus west of Gaza City: Civil defence
Gaza’s civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal says Israel shelled a bus near al-Abbas Junction, west of Gaza City. He said the attack “killed and wounded” three people.
Israeli army says one of its troops badly wounded in Gaza
In a post on X, the Israeli military said the soldier was “seriously injured” in the southern Gaza Strip and taken to a hospital for treatment. The announcement comes as Israeli forces continue to pound the besieged enclave, including its central and southern areas, where more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
Three children among 13 killed in Israeli attacks on Rafah
At least 13 Palestinians, including three children, have been killed in Israeli air strikes on two homes in the Mesbah area of southern Gaza’s Rafah city, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.
‘Horrific’ scene as rescuers try to reach site of deadly Rafah attack
We’ve been getting horrific reports of what has happened in Rafah where two residential homes were completely destroyed, killing at least 13 people.
Civil defence crews are scrambling to reach the scene of the attack as fighting between Hamas and Israel rages in the area. There are still people buried in the debris.
Israel has also escalated raids elsewhere in the Gaza Strip. Over the last few hours in the north, a civilian vehicle was targeted, killing at least three Palestinians and wounding nine others.
Just in the last 20 minutes, a house was also hit in the western side of Gaza City. Day by day, the hope for displaced people here of a cessation of fighting and a return to northern Gaza is dwindling.
Three children, all siblings, killed in Israeli attack on southern Rafah
Today there was an intensification of attacks on southern Rafah city. Civil defence workers say they’ve now managed to get to the scene where Israeli air strikes earlier destroyed two homes.
Fifteen bodies were retrieved with three children, all siblings, killed in the attack, Nasser Hospital data shows.
In Gaza’s north, an Israeli drone attack blew up a car, killing three people and wounding nine others. The family in the vehicle was heading to a wedding in Gaza City. Quadcopters are being used extensively on Salah al-Din Road to hit anyone who is moving.
In central Gaza, where we are now, we’ve heard loud explosions in the past hour. In Bureij refugee camp, a house was targeted with no casualties reported. And one Palestinian was wounded in an Israeli strike on a car in Nuseirat camp.
Gaza children continue education despite deadly war
Palestinian children attend a lesson at a UNICEF educational centre in Khan Younis.
Since July, Israel has bombed schools at least 21 times with large casualty figures resulting. An estimated 5,000 kids of various grades have died in Israel’s war along with more than 260 teachers
Israeli forces bomb central, southern Gaza
Al-Aqsa TV channel reports the Israeli army launched three air raids in the vicinity of Dar al-Fadhila School, northeast of Rafah city, in southern Gaza. There was no immediate casualty figures.
Israeli artillery also shelled northern areas of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, it said.
Southern battles rage as Israeli forces push into Rafah city
Israeli tanks and troops, backed by fighter jets, met fierce resistance from Hamas fighters as they advanced further into the northwestern area of Gaza’s Rafah city.
Heavy gunfire and explosions also echoed in eastern areas of the southern city where Israeli forces – seeking to destroy Hamas since May – blew up several houses, residents say.
“Our fighters are engaged in fierce gun battles against Israeli forces who advanced into Tanour neighbourhood in Rafah,” the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said in a statement.
“Qassam fighters managed to target a Zionist force that had taken refuge inside a house with a TBG rocket-propelled grenade, killing and wounding its members. Helicopters were monitored landing to evacuate them.”
