Israel kills 17 Palestinians in Gaza City in overnight strikes
According to medical sources, the toll includes six people who were killed after Israeli forces bombed a school-turned-shelter housing displaced people west of Gaza City. They identified the school as the Al-Farabi School.
In the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, at least nine others were killed, including four children, after Israeli forces attacked a tent and a house.
Two children were also killed when Israeli forces targeted a tent housing displaced people in the Remal neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli attack on a tent, in Gaza City
Death toll from Israel’s attack on Gaza City school rises
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are now reporting that the death toll has risen from six to eight.
An injured man carries a toddler as others search for their belongings in the rubble at the al-Farabi School-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, which was hit by an Israeli strike
For people of Gaza, there are fewer places left to survive
Israeli forces destroyed al-Sousi Tower on Saturday shortly after threatening to bomb several areas. It’s becoming a familiar pattern in Gaza City.
Families who had little now have nothing and are returning to rubble and twisted metal.
The Israeli army’s forced evacuation orders have created an atmosphere of fear in Gaza City. In other high-rise buildings, people are leaving, not knowing if their homes will be next.
Israel is forcing Palestinians south, part of a major offensive to seize the last urban centre in the Strip. The orders are nothing new: “relocate to a so-called safe area in the south”, only for the Israeli military to attack there as well.
Each tower that falls doesn’t just destroy concrete structures; it shatters lives, memories and communities. For Gaza’s people, it means yet another uprooting, another displacement and fewer places left to survive.
Five Palestinians die of starvation in last 24 hours
Five more Palestinians, including three children, have starved to death in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry says.
These deaths bring the total number of malnutrition deaths in Gaza to 387, including 138 children, since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.
Global hunger monitor IPC confirmed the famine in northern Gaza on August 22 and said it is spreading across the Strip. Since then, 109 deaths have been recorded, 23 of them children, the ministry added.
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