Israel bombs Gaza journalists’s home, killing at least 8
Our colleagues on the ground report that at least eight people were killed and others wounded when the Israeli army bombed the home of journalist Osama al-Arbid in the as-Saftawi area of northern Gaza this morning.
Al-Arbid reportedly survived the strike, with dramatic video showing him being pulled from the rubble of the house.
Medical sources have told our team that at least 15 people in total have been killed by Israeli attacks since the early hours of this morning across the Strip.
UNRWA calls for urgent access to Gaza as Palestinian children continue to suffer
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has drawn attention to the struggles of Gaza’s most vulnerable children, urging unrestricted access to the coastal enclave.
“The people of Gaza cannot wait any longer. Full humanitarian access must be allowed, including for UNRWA, to deliver life-saving aid,” it said in a post on X.
Thousands of children in Gaza were at risk of imminent death after a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade on the besieged enclave, which has caused famine, the UN warned earlier this month.
Ghassan, 5, a boy that UNRWA met, was born with quadriplegia after oxygen deprivation at birth. His real suffering began when the war started in #Gaza.
Medicine and specialised care kept him stable at 13kg.
Now he weighs just 5kg. He is in pain and starving.
The people of Gaza… pic.twitter.com/kDaeENy0W6
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 28, 2025
‘Nothing has changed’ as hunger grips Gaza
Heba Jabr, 29, who sleeps in a tent in southern Gaza with her husband and their two children, has been struggling to find food.
“Dying by bombing is much better than dying from the humiliation of hunger and being unable to provide bread and water for your children,” she told the AFP news agency.
Israel imposed a full blockade on Gaza for more than two months before allowing supplies in at a trickle last week.
Forty-year-old Bassam Daloul said that after 600 days of war, “nothing has changed.”
“Death continues, and Israeli bombing does not stop,” he told AFP, adding that “even hoping for a ceasefire feels like a dream and a nightmare”.
Gaza death toll rises
Israeli military attacks since the start of the war have killed at least 54,084 Palestinians and wounded 123,308 others, according to the latest update by Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Israeli army has killed 3,924 Palestinians and wounded 11,267 others since violating the ceasefire agreement on March 18.
The ministry added that 28 bodies and 179 injured people arrived at Gaza hospitals in the past 24-hour reporting period.







