Israel intensifies attacks on northern Gaza as Hamas considers ceasefire proposal
Israel has issued new forced displacement orders for residents of northern Gaza. Families were forced to wait until sunrise to begin escaping as Israel intensifies their ground operation in the area.
This escalation coincides with the US-brokered ceasefire proposal that outlines a 60-day truce and a phased prisoner exchange with Israeli captives.
Hamas has not delivered its response yet, but the intensification of Israel’s military campaign could be seen as an attempt to put pressure on Hamas to back down and agree to this proposal.
Israel continues to clear out north Gaza with new evacuation orders
The army’s Arabic language spokesperson has said on X that Palestinians in the “Atatra, Jabalia Al-Balad, Shujaiya, Daraj and Zeitoun” areas must immediately leave and move west. Israel has been systematically clearing out parts of the Gaza Strip with orders such as these, pushing the Palestinian population into smaller and smaller areas of the enclave.
The stated goal of its new offensive, Gideon’s Chariot, is to expand its control of the Gaza Strip’s territory, concentrating the people there into tiny sections of the enclave.
Palestinians are fleeing as Israel continues its relentless bombardment after issuing more forced displacement orders
Israel targets south Gaza with bombardment overnight
- Our team on the ground reports a number of Israeli attacks near the two southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in recent hours. Moments ago, Israel targeted a civilian car in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, killing at least two people and wounding others.
- At least one was killed by Israeli fire in Shakoush, in the northwestern area of Rafah.
- At least two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army attack on a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis.
No functioning hospital remains in Gaza’s north, says hospital director
After a siege on northern Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital for two weeks, Israeli troops have forced its staff and patients to evacuate it, says its director, Dr Mohammed Salha. It was the last functioning hospital in the north, he told Al Jazeera.
“There is no one providing any medical services now,” Salha said. “[We] evacuated the injured people and the patients with very difficult conditions,” he added.
Cases are being referred to Al-Shifa Hospital – a journey difficult for many due to constant Israeli bombing, the director said. “So a lot of people are injured in the streets. A lot of people are killed, and they are murdered in the streets. Nobody can pick them up,” said Salha.
"There is no insurance in the northern Gaza Strip. So who is injured, he or she will die in the streets, and nobody can help them.”
UNRWA: Enough aid to save 200,000 in Gaza waits in our warehouses
The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says on X that in Amman, a three-hour drive from Gaza, “we have enough supplies to sustain over 200,000 people for an entire month”.
“Flour, food parcels, hygiene kits, blankets and medical supplies are ready to be delivered”, the agency added, again urging the unrestricted allowance of aid into Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade since March.
