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Gaza’s civil defence says Israel is intensifying nighttime attacks

The emergency service issued a statement on Telegram saying Israeli forces have stepped up attacks on residential homes throughout the Gaza Strip in recent days, “especially at nighttime”.

The assaults are occurring quite close together, hampering the civil defence’s ability to respond in a timely manner, it said. This has “caused an increase in the number of victims and martyrs”, it said.

The statement came a day after Israeli forces bombed the headquarters of the civil defence in Gaza City, in an attack that killed a medic and his son. The group – which is responsible for emergency services and rescue operations across the Strip – is also facing shortages of fuel and equipment due to Israel’s ongoing blockade.


More on Israeli attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital

The Health Ministry in Gaza has issued a statement on the Israeli attack on the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the enclave.

“The Israeli occupation forces detonated a robot in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital, which caused shrapnel to reach the surgical departments and patients’ accommodation, causing serious injuries to Dr. Hassan Dabous while he was on duty,” the ministry said in a post on Telegram.

The latest assault follows another attack on Monday night in which, witnesses reported, the Israeli military used a remote-controlled vehicle to deliver a box with the word “danger” written on it before detonating it.


Slim chance of survival for those trapped under rubble in Gaza City

Israeli forces have targeted a residential building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. The five-storey building was housing many displaced families when it was bombed. Five people have been reported killed so far. But there are still dozens of people trapped and missing.

It takes time to remove bodies from under the rubble. There are only manually operated tools and, in some cases, they are not available, which makes it very difficult and increases the likelihood of people losing their lives under the rubble.

It’s been more than 10 hours now, and the chances are very slim that those trapped under the rubble will come out alive.

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have confirmed that the number of people killed in the Israeli bombing of the Dalloul family home in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood has risen to eight.

Local sources earlier said more than 40 people were buried under the rubble there.

Israeli drone kills woman in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic and the Palestinian Information Center report that Israeli drone fire has killed a woman in front of the gate of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.



Translation: The body of a martyr was recovered from in front of the gate of Kamal Adwan Hospital, north of Gaza, after an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on the hospital entrance.


Israeli soldier killed fighting in central Gaza

The Israeli military says a reservist soldier was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip. The 35-year-old Amit Levi was a captain in an infantry battalion, it added. This brings the officially confirmed number of Israeli soldiers killed during the ground invasion of Gaza to 392, according to the army.


Five bodies retrieved in Gaza City’s Sabra area: Civil defence

Gaza’s civil defence says its rescue crews have retrieved five bodies and a number of wounded people from the house of the Dahshan family. Israeli forces targeted the home in the vicinity of Al-Nour Stadium in the Sabra area, south of Gaza City, the rescue service said on Telegram.