Israeli army says it killed 20 Hamas fighters
The Israeli army has said in a statement it killed 20 Hamas fighters in the past 24 hours in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.
The army added it killed so far about 200 fighters in the area, without specifying the timeframe. The statement also said the army killed an unspecified number of fighters in the southern city of Rafah.
Israeli forces have renewed their attacks in the north of the Strip, where more than 400,000 people are trapped, according to UNRWA.
Director of Gaza Health Ministry: 200 killed so far in Israel’s siege of north Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have interviewed Dr. Mounir al-Bursh, head of Gaza’s Health Ministry, who gave a terrifying picture of Israel’s siege of the northern Strip, which he said has been going for eight days now.
Here are a few of his key points summarised:
- The situation at al-Awda Hospital, the Indonesian Hospital and Kamal Adwan Hospital is catastrophic.
- Families are besieged for the eighth day. Many dead bodies are left on the streets
- Twenty-two people were killed in Jabalia yesterday. There was another massacre today in central Jabalia.
- Two hundred people have been killed in seven days in northern Gaza.
- Thirty-two patients are still at the Indonesian Hospital. Two are in intensive care.
- At Kamal Awdan Hospital, 177 patients remain.
- More than 31 patients at al-Awda Hospital.
- More than 240 medical staff are still serving at the three hospitals.
A medical student’s fight to continue her education in Gaza
Iman Ayad, a 22-year-old medical student from Gaza, faces immense challenges studying in a tent since the war on Gaza began. Using a friend’s laptop for online classes, she remains committed to her education, motivated by her desire to help the people of Gaza.
Despite the hardships, Iman refuses to give up, knowing her studies will enable her to make a difference for her community.
We are suffocating’: At least three killed in central Gaza
At least three people were killed in an attack by an Israeli drone missile on a group of people who were gathering around a water tank in Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, our correspondent on the ground reports.
Casualties arriving at the Al-Aqsa Hospital were shredded and fully soaked in blood, they said.
“Either you kill all of us or relocate us abroad,” a man on the scene told Al Jazeera. “Every day, we experience anguish over our relatives, neighbours and loved ones. We are suffocating … we are dying! Every day, we grieve the killing of someone new,” he said.
“Girls killed. Children torn to pieces. They are all gone. Put an end to this war, we can’t take it any more,” he added.
