Death toll rises in Israel’s attacks on Khan Younis
The Palestinian Civil Defence is saying that at least seven people have been killed in two separate Israeli attacks on Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The toll from an Israeli air attack on the Harb family home in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area has climbed to five, according to the rescue service, while 10 more have been wounded.
They also said that Israeli fighter jets bombed the Abu Jarbou family home in the Tahlia area of Khan Younis, killing at least two people. Five more were wounded in the attack.
Israeli strikes now targeting residential buildings in Gaza
There has been a very sharp increase in the number of Israeli strikes hitting very densely populated areas in the central and other parts of the Gaza Strip.
Two residential houses were targeted after midnight in the city of Khan Younis, where seven Palestinians have been confirmed killed, according to the latest figures released by Gaza’s Health Ministry, while 15 others were wounded.
Attacks on residential houses are also escalating in the north of the Strip, where there has been a surge of artillery bombardment on residential homes in the border town of Beit Lahiya. Witnesses confirmed that the city has been under relentless attack since the early hours of this morning.
While here, Deir el-Balah has once again been hit in the early hours of this morning, with two Palestinians confirmed killed. Palestinians are concerned about their safety, and hospitals are facing remarkable challenges in dealing with the surging numbers of casualties among civilians, especially among women and children.
Three killed in attack on Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that three Palestinians were killed and several others wounded following the Israeli bombardment of a house in the Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
Israel reportedly targets ambulance near Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp
We are receiving initial reports of an ambulance targeted near Al Awada Hospital in Gaza’s Al Nuseirat refugee camp. Casualties are arriving to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
About 1,200 Gaza detainees in Negev prison facing torture: Detainees Commission
Some 1,200 Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli Negev Desert Prison face systematic torture, abuse and assault, according to the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
The commission stressed that nearly a year into the war on Gaza, detention camps have become venues for torture operations, Wafa said. The organisation stated that while detainees face torture, many others rounded up from the besieged territory have disappeared, the agency reported.
It urged the international community to take action.
