Israeli military says it has killed ‘dozens of terrorists’ in Jabalia
The Israeli military has said its 162nd Division is continuing to operate in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, where its forces have “eliminated dozens of terrorists” and “destroyed a weapons warehouse” over the past day.
In a roundup of its military activities across the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military also said the Nahal Brigade continues to fight in Rafah in the south, where it has “eliminated terrorists, located weapons and destroyed terrorist infrastructures”.
It added that the Israeli Air Force has attacked “more than 50 terrorist targets” in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, without elaborating.
Death toll rises for Israeli attacks in Khan Younis, Gaza City
Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces had bombed tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. At least nine people are now confirmed killed in the attack, the Wafa news agency reports.
In northern Gaza, the death toll has now risen to at least five following an Israeli military attack on the Fahd al-Sabah School sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Israeli bombing of family home kills one in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya
At least one person has been killed and a number of others injured in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town, according to Palestinian media outlets. Israeli forces bombed the Abu Jarad family home in the al-Manshiyya area of the town, the reports said.
Two journalists among five killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City school
We reported earlier that an Israeli air attack on the Fahd al-Sabah school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City killed at least five people.
We now know from Palestinian news outlets that two journalist siblings – Ahmad Abu Sakhil and Zahra Abu Sakhil – are among the dead together with their father, Muhammad.
Displaced people’s tents hit in southern Gaza’s al-Mawasi
Israeli forces attacked tents in the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza’s Khan Younis region. The Israeli military had designated this area as a humanitarian zone. There are thousands of Palestinians sheltering there. Nine Palestinians were killed in the latest Israeli attack, among them women and children.
In Gaza City, a school sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians was also hit on Yaffa Street. At least five Palestinians were killed.
A densely populated house was hit in Beit Lahiya. The wiping out of homes continues in the northern Gaza Strip. It’s an area that has been under strict siege for more than 30 days; no food, medicine, or water has been allowed in. There has been zero access by any international organisation to deliver food in that area. Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoon, and Jabalia are still under endless attacks.
Here in the central area, there were explosions all night long. According to locals, there has been constant shelling in the east Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
At least 9 people killed in Israeli bombings in Gaza City
Five people have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a group of people in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to Palestinian media outlets.
Also in Gaza City, four others were killed in a bombing of a warehouse where aid was being distributed, the reports said.
Death toll rises in Gaza to 43,552 during Israel’s war
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 43,552 Palestinians have been killed and 102,765 injured in Israel’s war on the territory since October 7, 2023. The death toll includes 44 people killed over the past 24 hours, it said in a statement.
The number of dead is presumed to be far higher with an estimated 10,000 bodies buried under the vast rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza.