Gaza death toll rises
The death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks since last October has risen to 41,870. Another 97,166 people have been wounded in the attacks, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
It added 45 people were killed and 256 injured in the past 24 hours.
Gaza children’s lives ‘shattered’ by Israel’s relentless war
Arwa Damon, of the International Network for Relief and Assistance, says every child in Gaza has been affected by the war.
“We also need to take into consideration that a study done by Save the Children prior to October 7 showed 80 percent of Gaza’s children – already at that point – suffered from depression and anxiety,” she said, speaking to Al Jazeera from Baalbek, Lebanon.
“This war has been so intense and relentless that every single pillar of existence that is meant to provide stability for a child has been shattered,” she said.
Qassam Brigades reports fierce fighting in northern Gaza
Palestinian fighters are waging fierce battles with Israeli forces in northern Gaza, a statement by Hamas’s armed wing on Telegram says.
The army sent tanks and soldiers into the region for the first time in months, ordering residents to go to what it called “safe zones” in the south.
Health officials said at least 20 people had been killed since Saturday night in northern Gaza.
Situation in northern Gaza ‘deteriorating as Israel intensifies bombing’
Journalist Moath al-Kahlout was providing a news update for Al Jazeera from near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia, northern Gaza, when the sound of what appeared to be an air attack interrupted his broadcast.
Shortly afterwards, a van rushed to the hospital with wounded people, including a bloodied young man with a baby and a woman.
“The situation here in northern Gaza is deteriorating as the Israeli army intensifies its bombing,” al-Kahlout said, adding that children, women and journalists were among the victims.
“An entire family was killed by the Israeli army in the overnight attacks,” he added.
“The Israeli army dropped leaflets on the Jabalia refugee camp ordering people to flee their homes, and this alarming development suggests that the Israeli army is preparing for further attacks. This may lead to more civilian deaths and injuries.”
Israel sends more troops to Gaza, no Rafah, Egypt border pullback
The Israeli military announces that it has sent more soldiers and arms to the Gaza Strip, including the Netzarim Corridor, and the territory’s border areas.
It said its military presence is being reinforced with several combat companies, and that is on top of the three divisions that are already operating in Gaza. It promised to “destroy terrorist infrastructures and undermine Hamas’s capabilities until all the war’s goals are achieved”.
There will also be no reduction of forces in Rafah in southern Gaza, or in the Philadelphi Corridor that marks the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt, according to the army.
This comes as the Israeli army continues its deadly daily attacks across Gaza amid growing fears of a new ground offensive into the northern part.
Israeli army says it struck Hamas fighters in northern Gaza school
A military statement says an air attack was carried out on a former school in northern Gaza, claiming it targeted a group of Palestinian fighters.
Hamas was using the Khalifa Ben Zayed School to plan and conduct attacks against the Israeli forces and Israel, it said, adding the army took steps to reduce the chance of harming civilians before carrying it out.
Israel’s army has repeatedly attacked schools and other shelters for war-displaced Palestinians, drawing international condemnation with a case at the UN’s World Court investigating evidence of genocide.
