People in Gaza don’t understand what prompted escalation of Israeli attacks
There is a state of panic, a state of fear in the Gaza Strip. People don’t understand what is happening, why there is an escalation by the Israeli military.
There is no explanation for what is happening other than what people have been talking about. The Israeli military is controlling everything and wants to paint the features of the second phase of the ceasefire, that this is the daily routine that people are going to live with.
This comes despite all the talk about the Rafah crossing [reopening], the optimism that was on the rise. But it was quite cautious optimism, because people understood that the Israeli military is in control and dictates the daily life for many Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.
Rescuers carry the body of a victim amid the debris of Sheikh Radwan police station in Gaza City following an Israeli air strike
Israel killed mostly children in today’s attacks on Gaza: Civil Defence spokesman
Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman of the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza, has told Al Jazeera that most of those killed in Israeli attacks today are children.
He said Israeli forces used missiles, which have caused widespread destruction and large fires in targeted areas. Basal added that seven people have so far been recovered from the police headquarters bombed by Israeli forces in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Rescue efforts are continuing at the site, he said.
Gaza City resident recounts deadly Israeli attack that killed children
Mohammed al-Helou, a Gaza City resident, says Israel gave no prior warning before bombing a residential apartment overnight in his city.
“Surveillance drones and combat choppers were in the area and flying at a dangerously low level. At 4:00 am [02:00 GMT], this residential flat was hit while a family and children were still inside,” he said.
“No prior warning was given. There is nothing children could ever do to deserve being killed.”
Israeli forces shoot, kill at least one Palestinian in northern Gaza
At least one person has been killed and several wounded in Israeli gunfire outside Israeli forces’ deployment areas in northern Gaza’s Jabalia. That’s according to a source in the enclave’s ambulance and emergency services speaking to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
The killing brings the total number of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn to 29, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
Family’s home shelled with two rockets in Gaza City
Israel has shelled the home of the al-Rizq family with two rockets in Nassr neighbourhood in Gaza City. The information on casualties were not immediately available.
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