Israeli shelling kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 20 in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Two Palestinians were killed and 20 others – including children and women – were injured as a result of Israeli artillery fire on the southern city of Khan Younis.
A medical source at Nasser Hospital told the Anadolu news agency that two bodies and 20 victims were brought in following attacks on eastern parts of Gaza’s second-largest city.
Earlier, Israeli forces targeted the city’s neighbourhoods of al-Manara, Maen, Sheikh Nasser, and Qizan an-Najjar. Witnesses reported mass displacement of hundreds of Palestinians following the attacks.
Israeli army says it killed UNRWA staffer, alleging he’s a Hamas commander
The Israeli army says it killed “a Hamas commander”, alleging he was also an employee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and responsible for the killing and kidnapping of Israeli civilians during the October 7, 2023, attack.
Asked about the allegations, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees confirmed that Muhammad Abu Atiwi was a staff member. It said his name was included on a list sent by the Israeli government to the agency alleging 100 UNRWA employees were members of Palestinian armed groups, including Hamas.
“The UNRWA commissioner general responded to that letter immediately stating that any allegation is taken seriously. He urged [Israel’s government] to cooperate with the agency by providing more information so he could take action. To date, UNRWA has not received any response to that letter,” it said in a statement to Al Jazeera.
No evidence has yet been “authenticated and corroborated” proving any UNRWA staff members were involved in the attacks on October 7, the agency said.
More than 150 casualties following Israeli ‘massacre’ in Jabalia: Report
As we have been reporting, Gaza’s Civil Defence agency has said the Israeli military has carried out a “major massacre” in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza in recent hours, levelling at least 10 residential buildings.
The Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reports that around 150 people, including women and children, have been killed and injured in the attack. It did not specify how many have been killed and how many injured.
The final death toll could rise, with ambulance and rescue crews facing difficulty reaching the site of the attack in the al-Hawaja area in the centre of the Jabalia camp due to restrictions imposed by Israeli forces who laid siege to northern Gaza for three weeks.
Wafa reports that the bombed buildings belonged to the following families: Al-Najjar, Abu Al-Auf, Salman, Hijazi, Abu Al-Qumsan, Aql, Abu Rashid, Abu Al-Tarabish, Zaqoul, and Shaalan.
