Israeli forces pound Gaza, bombing homes, municipal vehicles and building
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic say Israeli forces have launched heavy strikes across the Gaza Strip in recent hours.
In the north of the enclave, Israeli forces carried out air attacks on eastern areas of Gaza City, including in the vicinity of Halimah al-Saadiyah School in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood.
A quadcopter attack was reported in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, while fighter jets bombed a building belonging to the Jabalia an-Nazla municipality to the north of the city.
Israeli forces also attacked bulldozers and vehicles belonging to the municipalities in North Gaza and southern Khan Younis, they said.
In the south, the soldiers launched heavy artillery attacks in the town of Abasan and the Qizan Rashwan area of Khan Younis, and continued to blow up houses in the city of Rafah, which they have surrounded and cut off from the rest of the Strip.
Rescuers extinguish fire at North Gaza warehouse after Israeli attack
Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces are carrying out attacks on bulldozers in northern and southern Gaza.
The Palestinian Civil Defence says its crews are now extinguishing a fire that broke out a warehouse containing the heavy machinery near the as-Saraya complex in Jabalia. The warehouse belonged to the Jabalia municipality.
A video of the incident, published online by the Quds News Network, showed clouds of smoke rising from the site of the attack.
Another Palestinian doctor killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Wafa and Quds News Network are reporting that Dr Majed Nasr Ismail was killed in an Israeli air attack on Deir el-Balah in central Gaza earlier this morning.
According to figures from the Palestinian Health Ministry, Israel has killed more than 1,060 healthcare workers in Gaza since launching its war in October of 2023.
Israeli attacks burn 11 to death in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis
Our correspondent on the ground in Gaza has sent an update on what happened in the enclave from midnight to this morning’s early hours:
- Dozens of people have been killed in Israeli attacks.
- At least 11 were burned to death inside their home in Khan Younis as fire broke out due to multiple air attacks.
- Seven members of a family were also killed by an air raid on the home where they were sheltering in the western part of Gaza City.
- Five people – a husband, his wife and three of their children – were killed in a tent in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.
- Meanwhile, trucks and bulldozers employed to remove the rubble were destroyed as Israeli air raids hit Jabalia municipality’s garage.
- Many families remain trapped in the north of Rafah as the Israeli army has prevented Red Cross vehicles from reaching areas to help evacuate families.
- And throughout the night, loud explosions could be heard due to the systematic demolition of homes in the eastern part of Gaza City.
Rescue workers pull charred bodies from al-Mawasi camp
An Israeli bombing on a cluster of tents in al-Mawasi has killed at least 10 people.
The coastal area was once an Israeli-designated safe zone, but since Israel resumed its Gaza bombing campaign on March 18, it has not marked any areas as protected.
Children among four killed in Nuseirat, Gaza City: Report
Two separate Israeli attacks have killed at least four Palestinians and wounded many others in central Gaza’s Nuseirat and Gaza City in the north, according to the Wafa news agency.
Medical sources speaking to Wafa confirmed three civilians, including two girls, were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted a group of people in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Another person was killed after Israeli forces bombed a house in the Wadi al-Aris area of Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.
