Israel’s defence minister warns that Gaza Metropolis shall be destroyed except Hamas yields to Israel’s phrases for ending the battle.
Not less than 52 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults on Gaza, medical sources advised Al Jazeera, together with 36 killed in Gaza Metropolis the place Israel was escalating assaults within the lead-up to a broader deliberate offensive.
An Israeli air strike hit a college in Sheikh Radwan, a Gaza Metropolis neighbourhood the place tens of Palestinians have been looking for shelter in makeshift tents within the schoolyard. Not less than 12 civilians have been killed within the assault, Gaza’s Ministry of Well being mentioned on Friday.
Footage circulating on social media and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking company Sanad exhibits an Israeli quadcopter hovering over a constructing in Sheikh Radwan as neighbours watch anxiously, earlier than it drops an explosive on its goal. The video then cuts to footage of smoke rising from the focused constructing.
One other individual was killed by Israeli forces within the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza Metropolis, a medical supply at al-Ahli Hospital advised Al Jazeera.
Earlier, Israel’s defence minister warned that Gaza’s largest metropolis could be destroyed except Hamas yielded to Israel’s phrases for ending the battle.
“The gates of hell will quickly open on the heads of Hamas’ murderers and rapists in Gaza – till they comply with Israel’s circumstances for ending the battle,” Israel Katz wrote in a submit on X.
Katz restated Israel’s ceasefire calls for, which embrace the discharge of all captives and Hamas’s full disarmament. Hamas has mentioned it could launch captives in trade for ending the battle, however rejects disarmament with out the creation of a Palestinian state.
In response to the most recent ceasefire proposal, accepted by Hamas and brokered by Qatar and Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday mentioned he had instructed officers “to start quick negotiations” to launch remaining captives and finish the battle.
But Netanyahu additionally confirmed that he would authorise the navy to mount a significant operation to grab Gaza Metropolis, which may begin inside days.
Whereas many Israelis concern an assault may doom about 20 captives deemed to be alive, Netanyahu maintains the offensive is the surest method to free captives and obtain the battle goal of destroying Hamas.
‘Insufferable grief and ache’
Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum mentioned that whereas Gaza Metropolis was being pounded particularly laborious, Israeli assaults have been persevering with relentlessly throughout the Gaza Strip.
“It was one other lethal evening in Gaza, and this morning is marked by grief and insufferable ache, clearly written on the faces of victims’ family members and emergency responders who spent the evening speeding to calls throughout the Strip,” Abu Azzoum mentioned, reporting from the central metropolis of Deir el-Balah.
“For Palestinians on the bottom, these navy actions ship a transparent sign that irrespective of the place they transfer, no nook of Gaza is spared from any potential Israeli assault.”
An Israeli drone strike on a makeshift tent within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis killed one girl and 4 youngsters, sources on the Nasser Medical Advanced mentioned.
One other Palestinian was killed and others have been injured after the Israeli military struck the Jabalia al-Balad space of northern Gaza, in accordance with sources at al-Shifa Hospital.
Not less than 52 folks have been killed since daybreak in Israeli assaults throughout on Friday, medical sources advised Al Jazeera.
Amongst these killed have been 5 individuals who have been looking for help, the sources mentioned. One Palestinian help seeker was killed and others have been injured in an Israeli taking pictures close to the Netzarim Hall in central Gaza, in accordance with medical sources on the northern Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital.
Since Could 27, when Israel launched the brand new help distribution mechanism run by the controversial United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Basis (GHF), the Well being Ministry estimates at the very least 2,036 help seekers have been killed.
