Situation in northern Gaza keeps escalating
Local sources have confirmed to us that the Israeli military hit the yard of the Kemal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya. The attack was close to one of the main buildings, where ambulances are usually stationed and operate.
Separately, a full blackout is reported at the Indonesian Hospital, leading to the death of two Palestinian patients. The Indonesian Hospital is surrounded by the Israeli military and the people in it are trapped.
Attacks on residential buildings and evacuation centres have also further intensified.
The Israeli military has been conducting a mass arrest campaign at evacuation centres, where soldiers take men to undisclosed locations.
Medical sources say more than 450 people have been killed in 15 days of the Israeli siege of the Jabalia refugee camp as the army keeps destroying buildings with families trapped in them.
Israeli forces intensifying attacks in northern Gaza
Just in the past hour, we have observed a police surge and intensification of Israeli attacks on the central areas, in particular in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Just a few kilometres from where we are now, a residential house was flattened by Israeli fighter jets. At least four Palestinians have been killed and sent to Al-Aqsa Hospital along with a number of other casualties. The attack left a great level of destruction in the already battered camp.
In Maghazi, 11 Palestinians were confirmed killed at a residential building that was destroyed earlier – seven of them from the same family. We are getting disturbing details from the north of the Strip on families being trapped and calling for help in Jabalia refugee camp.
Israeli military tanks are surrounding all directions of Jabalia as battles are raging alongside a very tight siege of the north. We have reported earlier that the Indonesian Hospital was hit by Israeli artillery – especially the second and third floors of the building – as well as the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
There have also been more attacks on Gaza City in Shati refugee camp, where a shelter was hit and at least seven Palestinians were killed.
Northern Gaza hospitals out of service after intense Israeli attacks
A Gaza health official has told Al Jazeera that all three hospitals in northern Gaza that have been under attack and siege by Israeli forces are now out of service. “We cannot count the number of those killed. The numbers are terrifying,” the official added.
The Indonesian, al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals in northern Gaza have been attacked by Israeli forces, including by bombardment and artillery shelling.
Israeli attack kills five in Jabalia: Civil defence
Five people have been killed and several wounded in an Israeli bombing of a residential area in Jabalia, northern Gaza, according to Gaza’s civil defence. The residential al-Balad area includes the Hissi, Daghma and Raihan families and casualties are mostly children, a statement on Telegram said.
Israeli forces have been conducting a large-scale operation in northern Gaza, which is under siege, as they destroy residential buildings and carry out mass arrests, with families stuck there.
Israel drops leaflets over Gaza showing Sinwar’s body
Israeli planes have dropped leaflets over southern Gaza showing a picture of dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar with the message that “Hamas will no longer rule Gaza”, echoing language used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Whoever drops the weapon and hands over the hostages will be allowed to leave and live in peace,” the leaflet, written in Arabic, read, according to residents of the southern city of Khan Younis and images circulating online.
The leaflet’s wording was from a statement made by Netanyahu on Thursday after Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, in the south near the Egyptian border, a day earlier.
