08/08/2024 12:17
The Guardian
Some US airlines have announced flights to Tel Aviv will remain suspendedSee all our coverage from the Middle EastIsraeli forces stepped up strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential wider war in the region, Reuters reports. Israeli airstrikes hit a cluster of houses in central Gaza’s Al-Bureij camp, killing at least 15 people, and the nearby Al-Nuseirat camp, killed four, medics said. Nuseirat and Bureij are among the densely populated enclave’s eight historic camps and seen by Israel as strongholds of armed militants. Israeli aircraft also bombed a house in the heart of Gaza City in the north, killing five Palestinians, while another airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed one person and wounded others, according to medics. The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they were firing anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs at Israeli forces operating across Gaza, causing deaths and injuries among them. Israel‘s military said it had struck dozens of military targets across Gaza over the past 24 hours, including rocket launching pads, Reuters reported.A new report from Human Rights Watch says Israeli soldiers killed at least seven people and severely wounded two, including a 5-year-old, when they attacked a home in Gaza City where a Palestinian family was sheltering in December, the Associated Press reports. The New York-based rights group released a report Thursday based on interviews with two members of the al-Khalidi family who witnessed the attack, and video footage released by the Israeli military that placed forces in the vicinity of the home at the time. The family members said there were no militants or weapons inside the house, and that the family had no connection to any armed group. They said the troops barged in without warning, hurling grenades and opening fire. A pregnant woman was among those killed, and the 5-year-old is being treated for severe injuries in Qatar. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, and Human Rights Watch said the army had not responded to detailed questions sent in July. Israel says it tries to avoid harming civilians as it seeks to destroy Hamas after the 7 October attacks, which triggered the ongoing military offensive. But Israel’s relentless aerial bombardment and ground operations have wiped out entire Palestinian families. Continue reading...
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