Heavy rain in Gaza City threatens residents: Official
Asem Alnabih, spokesperson for Gaza City Municipality, has shared his latest update on X:
- Heavy rains have been pouring in Gaza City since the morning, raising fears of a water overflow threatening residents due to extensive damage to sewage and stormwater networks.
- Since the onset of the aggression, the [Israeli] occupation has destroyed more than 175,000 metres [574,000 feet] of sewage pipelines, 15,000 metres [49,000 feet] of stormwater drainage systems, and 105,000 metres [344,000 feet] of water supply networks.
- There is an urgent need to provide pipes and materials to repair the Sheikh Radwan Basin drainage system.
- Delays in providing the necessary pipes and equipment for the Sheikh Radwan drainage repairs could lead to a catastrophic disaster, endangering the lives of residents and displaced families in homes and shelters near the basin.
North Gaza hospital director gives update as Israeli attacks continue
Dr Hussam Abu Safia, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, has sent a message from the northern Gaza Strip, which is still under Israeli siege. Abu Safia was injured yesterday in Israeli shelling of the hospital.
Here are some highlights from his message:
- We will continue offering our medical services regardless of all the high prices we pay.
- I got injured while performing my duties which is a big honour that will always make me proud of my job. My blood is as equally important as the blood of every Palestinian. We will never stop offering our humanitarian services to the people regardless of everything.
- We are targeted on a daily basis. The Israelis targeted us yesterday, where 12 doctors got injured inside the hospital.
Qassam Brigades says 10 Israeli soldiers killed, wounded in south Gaza
Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters engaged with an Israeli infantry group of 10 soldiers, killing and wounding them in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. It said it targeted an Israeli military vehicle with a 105mm al-Yassin rocket north of Awad Tower in Rafah.
There was no immediate comment from Israel’s army. More than 800 of its soldiers have been killed since October 2023.
