Gaza City under attack despite Israeli announcement of defensive operations
Despite Israeli official orders to halt offensive operations and stick to defensive ones, the situation on the ground tells a different story.
We know that Israel is relatively expanding its ground movements inside the urban centres in Gaza City throughout the night and this morning.
We continue to hear loud explosions coming from Gaza City, resulting from the extensive use of remotely controlled armoured vehicles that are laden with tonnes of explosives. Is that enough to destroy entire neighbourhoods?
Red and orange lights were coming out from these destroyed sites as a sign of a continuation of ground activities.
The families still trapped there are reporting horrific use of quadcopter drones and extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Yet the Israeli movement has pulled back in certain geographical locations, but they are still tightening their grip over significant intersections in Gaza City and deploying further bridges in the eastern parts of the Strip.
Israeli forces detonate car bombs in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood
Israeli forces have detonated car bombs in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
The attack comes after the Israeli military announced last week that it would only operate in the enclave in a defensive operation, following calls by US President Donald Trump to cease attacks amid ongoing negotiations to end the war.
Two bodies recovered after Israeli air attacks in Gaza City
Two bodies have been recovered after Israeli air attacks on the al-Jalaa and Nassr areas of Gaza City, according to a source at al-Shifa Hospital speaking to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Moreover, in southern Gaza, an ambulance and emergency source told our colleagues that many people were injured by Israeli fire while waiting for aid.
Israeli forces kill, injure aid seekers near food distribution centre in southern Gaza
At least one person has been killed and others wounded after Israeli forces fired at people waiting for aid near a distribution centre north of Rafah, according to sources at the Nasser Hospital who spoke to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
The Wafa news agency, also citing a medical source, reported that one victim from the attack suffered from a head injury, after Israeli forces fired at people waiting for food near an aid distribution centre in the Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah.
Video shows destruction in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood
Footage posted by a Palestinian journalist and verified by Al Jazeera has showed the extent of damage in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Sabra after the Israeli army blew up several robots.
As we reported earlier, Israeli forces have continued to target Sabra since this morning, despite claims by the military that it was operating purely for defensive reasons during the ongoing negotiations.
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