Several Palestinians killed in attacks on Gaza City
One Palestinian was killed and 10 others were wounded after an Israeli air raid targeted Salah al-Din Street in Gaza City, the Wafa news agency reports.
It said Israeli aircraft struck a group of people near the Shujayea junction along the main road east of Gaza City, adding that those injured have varying degrees of wounds.
Separately, a medical source at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital said that five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid that hit a building housing displaced people in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. At least one young child sustained severe wounds, according to footage verified by Al Jazeera.
Israeli ‘escalation’ kills at least 10 Palestinians across Gaza, Civil Defence says
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza, reported a sharp escalation in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, resulting in multiple casualties in several areas.
Here is a breakdown:
- Five Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were killed when an Israeli strike hit a building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.
- Three people were killed and others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a group of people inside an UNRWA building west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
- One person was killed and dozens were injured when an Israeli drone fired on a group of people near the Shujayea junction along Salah al-Din Street in eastern Gaza City.
- Another person was killed and several others wounded when an Israeli tank shell struck a home belonging to the Bulbul family in the Shujayea neighbourhood.
Israeli army claims Hamas fired on troops in Gaza, says it responded with air strikes
On X, the army says that, earlier today, gunmen fired at its forces in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and that there were no casualties.
“In response, the [Israeli army], led by the Southern Command, under the direction of the Shin Bet and through the Air Force, began attacking targets” throughout the Gaza Strip, it said.
Today marked a sharp escalation in Israeli violations of the ceasefire, with at least 10 Palestinians killed, including a woman and a child. Hamas has yet to comment on Israel’s claims.
Even if that were true, why bomb Gaza city in Northern Gaza...
Death toll from Israel’s flurry of strikes on Gaza rises to 23
According to our correspondent and sources at hospitals in the Strip, at least 23 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the cities of Gaza and Khan Younis.
This includes an entire family of five in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighourhood, wiped out by an Israeli strike.
