Israel targets buildings ‘packed with civilians’ in Jabalia
Israel has been scaling up its attacks on densely populated areas in Gaza. We’ve just gotten really disturbing reports from Jabalia in northern Gaza — which has been given repeated forced displacement orders from the Israeli military — of Israeli air strikes striking two residential buildings packed with civilians.
Medical teams on the ground on the ground confirmed to us that 15 Palestinians were killed in those strikes. Twenty others remain missing, with rescue operations under way involving the civil defence agency and volunteers from the neighbourhood working to try to locate those unaccounted for.
Just minutes after those strikes, there were further attacks on a group of civilians in al-Shati refugee camp, a densely populated area west of Gaza City.
We know that seven Palestinians were killed, and we’ve seen very distressing footage of Palestinian children covered in blood and ash following the strikes.
Israeli jets striking Beit Hanoun: Israeli military
The Israeli military says it is carrying out air strikes on Beit Hanoon in northeast Gaza. In a statement, the Israeli military said that dozens of fighter jets have carried out attacks in the area, striking Hamas targets.
It said more than 35 Hamas targets had been hit, including underground infrastructure. Al Jazeera Arabic reported earlier that approximately 40 air strikes have targeted the area.
Five Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush in Beit Hanoon last week.
‘Israeli military squarely targeted hungry crowds without prior warning’
Conditions on the ground remain very fluid after a series of deadly incidents in Gaza. We understand that at least 34 Palestinians were killed while trying to get their hands on aid delivered by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed GHF in Rafah in the south of the enclave.
The foundation keeps only one aid centre operational in Rafah, forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to move to the southern part of Gaza to get food aid.
Witnesses report that the Israeli military squarely targeted hungry crowds without prior warning, causing a great deal of panic and fear along with chaotic scenes that erupted following the shooting.
