Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians in attacks across Gaza
Israeli forces have killed at least nine Palestinians in early morning attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, Israeli forces bombed a tent, killing at least five people, according to sources at Nasser Hospital. Al-Awda Hospital reported that two Palestinians were killed by Israeli artillery shelling north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Two Palestinians were also killed and others were injured when Israeli forces bombed an apartment, northwest of Gaza City, staff at al-Shifa Hospital said.
Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians waiting for food in southern Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that three Palestinians have been killed and several injured while waiting for food aid north of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Gaza in grip of ‘unprecedented’ military escalation
In the southern part of the Strip, we can see that the Israeli ground operations are concentrated around the eastern and central parts of the city of Khan Younis. Palestinian armed factions and Israeli ground forces are trading fire there.
Israel’s ground campaign is accompanied by very heavy fire from its air force and also from Israeli artillery units that continue to pound the al-Mawasi area, where families were told to go to in order to get away from Israel’s bombardment.
We understand that a makeshift tent was targeted in that area, and at least five Palestinians were killed in that attack.
Overnight, we heard both targeted and sporadic gunfire coming from the eastern part of the central Gaza Strip.
Israel is still deepening its operations in Gaza City. This comes amid reports that Israel might carry out a wide-scale military incursion into the entire Gaza Strip to reoccupy it again.
This has triggered huge concerns among Palestinians, who are suffering not just from the repeated displacement and bombardment, but also from the ongoing deterioration of their humanitarian conditions.
Red Crescent says volunteer killed by Israeli fire while searching for food
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says a volunteer was fatally shot by Israeli forces as he searched for food amid growing hunger in Gaza.
In a statement posted on X, the PRCS said 28-year-old Abdel Majeed Adnan Salamah, a volunteer in Khan Younis for the past seven years, “worked tirelessly with PRCS ambulance teams, risking his life to rescue the wounded and injured” since the war began.
“Two days ago, he left in search of food in the so-called ‘US-Israeli aid zone’ west of Rafah. There, Israeli forces targeted him – along with other starving civilians. He never made it back. Abdel Majeed was killed while simply trying to survive,” the organisation said.
The PRCS added that its teams are facing extreme hunger across Gaza, yet “despite the exhaustion, they continue their life-saving work, committed to easing the suffering of others.”
The group renewed its call for all border crossings to be opened immediately, calling the unrestricted flow of aid “a matter of life and death”.
The statement comes days after an Israeli strike hit the PRCS headquarters in Gaza, killing one worker and injuring three, according to the organisation.
