The Israeli navy is pushing deeper into Gaza Metropolis, destroying entire neighbourhoods and leaving Palestinian households with nowhere protected to go, because it seeks to grab the Strip’s largest city centre, whereas an Israeli-induced famine grips the besieged enclave.
An assault on a well-liked market east of Gaza Metropolis on Tuesday killed at the least 5 Palestinians and injured many others. Sources at al-Ahli Arab Hospital instructed Al Jazeera that two ladies have been amongst these killed.
Movies verified by Al Jazeera confirmed Palestinians fleeing the as-Saftawi space, north of Gaza Metropolis, as Israel makes an attempt to drive near 1 million residents southwards to focus zones.
The footage captured lengthy strains of males, ladies and kids shifting alongside dusty and ravaged streets, many carrying luggage, blankets and mattresses. Some pushed carts piled with belongings whereas others held youngsters by the hand as they moved westward on foot.
Israel has fully destroyed greater than 1,000 buildings within the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City because it began its sustained assault on town on August 6, in line with estimates by the Palestinian Civil Defence.
Gaza Metropolis resident and author Sara Awad mentioned Palestinian households had to decide on between braving Israel’s intense bombardment at residence or being displaced but once more.
“On a regular basis, I’m questioning why I have to flee and stay in a tent, whereas my [home] is right here,” Awad mentioned. Daily, she sees extra Palestinian households packing up their belongings regardless of having nowhere to go.
“It doesn’t make sense to go away my residence whereas they’re treating us not as human beings,” she mentioned. But, she mentioned she believed Palestinians have been “dwelling in [their] remaining days in Gaza Metropolis”.
At the least 64 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults throughout Gaza since daybreak, hospital sources instructed Al Jazeera, together with 13 individuals who have been killed searching for desperately wanted assist.
For the reason that United States- and Israeli-backed GHF took over assist operations in late Could, greater than 2,100 Palestinians have been killed searching for assist, in line with Gaza’s Ministry of Well being.
The United Nations humanitarian workplace (OCHA) warned in its newest replace of worsening hunger, mounting casualties and collapsing companies throughout the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Well being Ministry mentioned three extra hunger-related deaths have been recorded previously 24 hours, elevating the overall quantity of people that starved to death since October 7, 2023, to 303, together with 117 youngsters.
Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian Nationwide Initiative, instructed Al Jazeera that Israel was searching for “to get rid of and annihilate the Palestinian folks by conducting not solely genocide, but in addition ethnic cleaning”.
He argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pushing to “remap” the Center East and create “financial hegemony, political hegemony [and] intelligence hegemony over the entire Center East”.
Condemnation continues after Nasser Hospital assault
Authorized consultants have been calling for Israel to be investigated over its “double-tap” attack on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Monday, which killed at the least 21 folks, together with 5 journalists. So-called “double-tap” assaults entail placing a goal and ready for emergency responders and journalists to reach on the scene earlier than bombing it a second time.
Netanyahu mentioned in an announcement launched in English solely that Israel deeply regretted what he characterised as a “tragic mishap”, with out explaining how Israel had hit the identical hospital not as soon as however twice in obvious error.
Human Rights Lawyer Geoffrey Good mentioned Israel’s admission of error was “very fascinating”.
“[This] means they need to not solely be investigated, however investigated with absolute ferocity, with a view to produce all of the paperwork that might clarify what they’d meant to do and the way issues went incorrect,” Good instructed Al Jazeera.
“If they’ll’t justify a mistake by way of [hitting a] correct goal with an assessed stage of collateral harm, then they’ve dedicated a struggle crime.”
Abd Raouf Shaat, a photograph and video journalist working in Gaza, expressed his grief on the onslaught of Palestinian media employees and resolved to proceed his work.
“Daily, we’re saying farewell to a journalist,” he instructed Al Jazeera. “However we’ll proceed their work and their message.”
A number of of these wounded within the assault are receiving remedy for severe accidents.
Human rights teams have accused the Israeli navy of committing struggle crimes in its indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza. Leaked Israeli intelligence has revealed that 83 p.c of all these killed since Israel started its struggle on the enclave have been civilians, one of many highest civilian tolls in trendy conflicts.
A number of of the journalists killed within the bombing of Nasser Hospital labored for the worldwide information businesses Reuters and The Related Press. One in all them, Mohammad Salama, labored for Al Jazeera.
Israel has now killed greater than 270 journalists and media employees in Gaza since its struggle began in October 2023, in line with an Al Jazeera tally.
In preliminary findings launched on Tuesday, the Israeli navy claimed an inquiry into the incident prompt the goal had been a digicam positioned within the space by Hamas to surveil Israeli troops.
“In gentle of this, the drive acted to destroy the digicam,” the military mentioned. Israel routinely justifies its lethal assaults throughout the Gaza Strip by claiming it was concentrating on Hamas.
Hamas referred to as the accusation “baseless” and mentioned Israel lacked any proof. It added that the declare was “merely aimed toward evading authorized and ethical duty for a full-fledged bloodbath”.
Israel has attacked hospitals a number of occasions all through practically two years of its genocidal struggle on Gaza, asserting that Hamas embeds itself in and across the services, with out offering any verifiable proof.
