Surge in Israeli attacks across Gaza amid ongoing displacement, hunger
There is a surge in aerial attacks with about 50 aerial attacks across Gaza today, with a particular focus on the eastern part of Gaza City. Among the targets were residential buildings, tents, people walking in the street, people gathering around water tanks, or people trying to find food in some neighbourhoods.
An average Gazan here has been displaced or pushed into displacement 10 times so far, without access to food or water supplies, without any of the basic necessities to help them survive these difficult conditions.
Meanwhile, there is a systematic campaign of home demolitions in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and this time it is concentrated in Jabalia.
Gaza City hospital overwhelmed with casualties amid escalating Israeli attacks
It has been a very bloody day in Gaza City as the Israeli army continues to attack civilian areas, including the Zeitoun neighbourhood, Sabra neighbourhood and al-Zawiya market.
I am at the reception area of the al-Ahli Hospital, where wounded people are arriving constantly. Many are lying on the ground because there are not enough beds or medical supplies to treat them. There are too many wounded civilians here, including children. This facility is struggling to cope due to severe shortages.
The Israeli military has dropped leaflets in eastern Gaza City, ordering civilians to move south. These leaflets are often followed by intense and repeated attacks, resulting in the large number of casualties we are witnessing now.
Everyone I have spoken to here confirms they are civilians, and the vast majority of those brought to al-Ahli Hospital today are children. The situation is truly catastrophic.
People flee eastern Gaza after Israeli evacuation threat
Residents of eastern Gaza flee their neighbourhoods after receiving large-scale evacuation warnings from the Israeli military
‘This is not humanitarian aid. It is slaughter.’
“People in Gaza are facing an unbearable dilemma: risk your family starving or risk your life to maybe get food at an Israeli-US distribution site,” said Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on X.
“This is not humanitarian aid. It is slaughter,” the group also said, apparently referring to frequent killings reported near aid distribution points of the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
