Israeli military carries out attacks across Gaza Strip
Israel’s assault on Gaza has continued over recent hours, according to our correspondents on the ground, with attacks reported across the Palestinian enclave.
In the south, Israeli fighter jets have blown up residential buildings in the al-Jnaina neighbourhood, east of Rafah city, and launched an air strike northeast of the city of Khan Younis.
Israeli forces have also launched “successive raids” around the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in northern Gaza City.
Israeli shelling has been reported in the central Nuseirat refugee camp as well.
Tragic scenes after Israeli forces attack busy Gaza City market
Palestinians try to extinguish the fire in a store after an Israeli attack on the Omar al-Mukhtar market in Gaza City on Monday
We’ve been covering Israel’s deadly attack on the Omar al-Mukhtar market in Gaza City. Footage from the aftermath of the attack showed clouds of smoke as civilians tried to douse flames in one shop. At least two people were killed.
Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim Khalili, reporting from the scene, said, “The market has turned into a place of tragedy as Israeli fighters just directly targeted the shops here.”
He described the market as a “vibrant place in northern Gaza Strip where civilians come to acquire the basic necessities for their families”. But “they ended up being targeted and brutally killed”, Khalili said. “We are talking about a very densely populated market here in Gaza City, and the scene here has turned into a scene of tragedy.”
The Wafa news agency reported that two people were killed in the attack and others were injured
Casualties as Israeli forces bomb central Gaza
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent is reporting that several people have been wounded in an Israeli attack on a building in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
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