Israeli attacks making northern Gaza unliveable
Israeli military operations and attacks in the north have intensified in key urban centres, especially in Jabalia and Beit Lahiya, which are densely populated areas.
As part of the escalation, the Israeli army has been preventing civilians from returning to their houses by causing widespread destruction so that residents cannot have proper civil services, destroying medical centres and burning evacuation centres to the ground.
It is not just the northern part of Gaza that has been under relentless attacks in the past 24 hours, also in Nuseirat a three-storey building was reduced to rubble in an Israeli air strike. Sources said six people were killed and 17 wounded.
The level of destruction is extensive. It gives a clear idea that there is no sign that this war is slowing down or ending any time soon.
Aftermath of Israeli attacks on central Gaza’s Nuseirat
Israel kills 8 people in central, southern Gaza: Report
We have been reporting on the continued Israeli bombardment of northern Gaza, which has been under siege for more than a month. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that three people were killed in strikes in the Nuwairi area west of the Nuseirat refugee camp.
In the south of the Gaza Strip, Wafa, citing local sources, states that five people have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in an area east of Rafah city.
A Palestinian man walks through the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Nuseirat
Gaza death toll rises
At least 43,469 people have been killed and 102,561 wounded in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s Health Ministry says. Of those, 78 Palestinians were killed and 214 wounded in the latest 48-hour reporting period, the ministry added.
Three children among 6 killed in Gaza’s Rafah
At least six people have been killed in an Israeli bombing of Rafah city in southern Gaza, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The team said the victims included three children.
Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 12 Palestinians
Gaza’s civil defence agency says that 12 people have been killed in the Israeli air strike on a school housing displaced people in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City. Local medics say the deadly strike on a school in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City also resulted in several injuries.
Israel has carried out multiple strikes on schools sheltering displaced Palestinian families in recent months, often killing women and children.
Israeli military issues new evacuation order in northern Gaza
The Israeli military has issued the order for several areas in northern Gaza, from which it claims Palestinian fighters have launched rockets.
“We inform you that the designated area is considered a dangerous combat zone. For your safety, move south immediately,” military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X along with a map of the area in Gaza City’s northwest.
The north of Gaza is currently under a month-long siege by the Israeli military.
During this time, our colleagues on the ground have reported that Palestinians in the north have been evacuated countless times, leading to a sense of constant displacement. The Israeli military has also repeatedly targeted the areas which it has designated as so-called ‘safe zones’.
