Gaza’s civil defence says 62 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since dawn
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson from the emergency service, has told the AFP news agency that six people were killed in southern Gaza near one of the aid distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), and one more in a separate incident in the centre of the territory, where the army denied shooting “at all”.
Another three people were killed by a strike while waiting for aid southwest of Gaza City, Bassal said.
He said that 10 people were killed in five separate Israeli strikes near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, east of which he said “continuous Israeli artillery shelling” was reported on Friday.
Basal added that 30 people were killed in six separate strikes in northern Gaza, including a fisherman who was targeted “by Israeli warships”. He specified that eight of them were killed “after an Israeli air strike hit Osama bin Zayed School, which was housing displaced persons” in northern Gaza.
In central Gaza’s al-Bureij refugee camp, 12 people were killed in two separate Israeli strikes, Basal said.
Toddler burned alive in ongoing attacks in Gaza today
In the past few hours, we have recorded a surge of Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling in multiple locations across Gaza.
Israeli fighter jets struck the Osama bin Zayed School in the northern part of Gaza. It was sheltering displaced families. So far, we know that eight Palestinians were killed in the strike, including a female toddler who, according to witnesses, was completely burned alive.
In central Gaza, in particular in Bureij refugee camp, which is only 6km (about 3.7 miles) away from where we are, the Israeli military struck a group of civilians, and five of them have been confirmed killed. Their bodies were transported to al-Awda Hospital.
In Khan Younis in the past hour, we saw huge plumes of smoke coming from different directions.
Israel kills Red Crescent medic in central Gaza
The 50th medic from the Palestine Red Crescent has been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, the PRCS says in a statement. Haitham Bassam Abu Issa, a nurse at the PRCS clinic in Deir el-Balah in the centre of the enclave, was killed while off duty on Thursday, the PRCS said.
“This brings the total number of PRCS staff and volunteers killed during the conflict to 50 – a deeply shocking figure,” the PRCS said.
