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Israeli attacks across Gaza kills 20 people

With all eyes on Lebanon, Israel’s military continues to attack the Gaza Strip.

At least 20 people were killed throughout Gaza on Friday, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency spokesman, Mahmoud Basal. It carried out an attack on a busy street west of Gaza City, killing at least one person. Artillery fire also hit the city’s nearby Zeitoun neighbourhood.

In Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, rescue teams pulled the bodies of three Palestinians out after Israeli forces targeted a tent housing displaced people. Four other people were killed after a residential home was blown up in Nasser’s neighbourhood.

The civil defence agency said it managed to save the lives of seven people trapped under the rubble of a residential home in Khan Younis after it was struck by Israeli forces.

Clashes as Israeli military carries out raids across the West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out several raids in locations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours. They include:

  • The town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, where Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinian vehicles, without any injuries or arrests being reported
  • The village of Salem, east of Nablus
  • The Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho
  • The town of al-Auja, north of Jericho, where Palestinian men reported being physically abused by Israeli soldiers
  • The Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus
  • The town of Jaba’, south of Jenin
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